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2007.10.22 20:07 "Re: bad version number 10752", by Toby Thain
On 22-Oct-07, at 3:50 PM, Kai-Uwe Behrmann wrote: > Am 22.10.07, 13:31 -0500 schrieb Bob Friesenhahn: >> On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, Kai-Uwe Behrmann wrote: > >>> With a universal binary version of libtiff (3.8.2 and 3.9beta) the >>> reading >>> of little endian tiffs on a G4 PPC fails with every application. > >> Does the problem have anything to do with the library being built >> as a >> universal binary? > > Certainly. The files where written and read by a libtiff v3.8.2 as > pure > big endian version and the Preview app shows them correctly. The > universal > built libtiff gives up. > Apple recommends to use runtime endianess checking. Very often > software > checks on compile time. As far as I know, the libtiff build system has no way to build a universal binary correctly from a single configure. This breaks a number of my own projects too. --Toby > > kind regards > Kai-Uwe Behrmann > -- > developing for colour management > www.behrmann.name + www.oyranos.org + www.cinepaint.org > > _______________________________________________ > Tiff mailing list: Tiff@lists.maptools.org > http://lists.maptools.org/mailman/listinfo/tiff > http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/