Re: [png-mng-implement] SOLVED(?): failed to load "./stock_about_16.png": Couldn't recognize the image file format

[Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger web de>]

John Bowler wrote:
> Which means it won't work with static linking.  libpng-config, on the
> other hand, includes -lz when called with --static.

Isn't that what the Libs.private field in the .pc files is for, and the 
--static option to pkg-config?

> I guess that's a theoretical possibility, but so far as I am aware
> an attempt to link an application against a DLL with unresolved
> symbol references fails (e.g. -lpng12 without -lz prior to 1.2.8).

Doesn't it only fail if you use -z defs?