[Bug 72411] ver. 1.2.8rel-5.1ubuntu0.1 causes browsers to fail on links to .png or .jpg files

[kornelix]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: libpng12-0

1. update ubuntu 6.10 package libpng12-0  to  1.2.8rel-5.1ubuntu0.1
(released to repository on or before Nov. 18 when I first installed it)

2. both firefox and epiphany fail on some web links to .jpg or .png files
  2.1 open http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php/galaxy
  2.2 click on link "Screenshots" (upper left on page)
  2.3 instead of image, you get a text window with URL of image file

3. replace files  /usr/lib/libpng12.a  and  /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0.1.2.8
using files from previous libpng12-0 version 1.2.8rel-5.1

4. reboot to get working version of browser

5. repeat test in step 2 - now it works OK

Notes:

1. both dapper and original version of edgy work OK - the problem
appears to be the updated package libpng12-0

2. I first tried forcing the earlier version of libpng12-0 using
synaptic, but this forced the removal of libgtk2.0-dev, which could not
be re-installed without the new, defective version of libpng12-0,
therefore I did the kludgy file replacements described above

** Affects: libpng (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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ver. 1.2.8rel-5.1ubuntu0.1 causes browsers to fail on links to .png or .jpg 
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