noted problem with libpng 1.0.1

diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index f8b553ce24f230a17a440324ebfcd9c23a43b49b..6720bf38763bce91ff8e5f4167a7a2a9bd0c20c9 100644 (file)
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -402,7 +402,8 @@ Revision history for Perl extension Imager.
         - t/t70newgif.t now checks for gif support
         - added the convert() method
         - Added support for transparent to alpha conversion during loading
-          of png files.
+          of png files.  Note that libpng 1.0.1 is broken in handling this,
+         we know that 1.0.5 works.
 
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diff --git a/README b/README
index eb504c9dd96a93089189f7f0923764017d648c4b..5bdbc4e94404bd8dda75aa8267c94eff3dbba8b4 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ needs for specific features.  The libraries it uses are:
 
   png: ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png  
   you also need zlib to use png:  ftp://ftp.uu.net/pub/archiving/zip/zlib
+  We have encountered problems with libpng 1.0.1, which were fixed in 1.0.5
 
   gif: http://www.arrakeen.demon.co.uk/giflib/  
 or at: http://prtr-13.ucsc.edu/~badger/software/libungif/index.shtml