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diff --git a/graphics/GraphicsMagick/README b/graphics/GraphicsMagick/README index f58d793839..6591c88ff2 100644 --- a/graphics/GraphicsMagick/README +++ b/graphics/GraphicsMagick/README @@ -6,15 +6,20 @@ which support reading, writing, and manipulating an image in over 88 major formats including important formats like DPX, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PNG, PDF, PNM, and TIFF. -This build includes PerlMagick, the Perl language bindings for -GraphicsMagick. +If you have an older version of GraphicsMagick installed, it's a good +idea to 'removepkg GraphicsMagick' before building the new version. If +you don't do this, the build might work anyway... Upgrading from 1.3.29 +to 1.3.30 has been tested and seems to work, but I make no guarantees. -This build can also include Tcl/Tk bindings (TclMagick). To do this, -first 'removepkg GraphicsMagick' if an older version is installed. Then, -run the build script, install the GraphicsMagick package, then run the -build script again and reinstall the (newly-rebuilt) package. This has -to be done on every version upgrade as well (though only if you need -TclMagick, of course). +This build includes PerlMagick (the Perl language bindings for +GraphicsMagick) and TclMagick (Tcl bindings). If you really need to, +you can disable these via PERL=no and/or TCL=no in the environment. + +Starting with 1.3.30, GraphicsMagick is built with OpenMP support, which +allows it to take better advantage of multiple cores. If you experience +problems you think might be related to OpenMP, try rebuilding with +OPENMP=no in the environment. Please let the maintainer know if this +actually fixes anything! Optional dependencies: Some file formats require extra libraries. These are all autodetected at build time: |