[Image-SIG] Problems installing PIL

[Piet van Oostrum]

>>>>> "Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik@pythonware.com> (FL) writes:

FL> What JPEG lib do you use?  Could it be a conflict between a UINT8
FL> typedef and a UINT8 define (PIL uses the latter)?

jpeg-6.a as distributed with gimp.

And yes, further experimentation shows that UINT8 is the culprit.
It is defined in the various jpeg .h files as unsigned char/char
or unsigned int (in an emergency case). It is such a twisted maze
of #ifdef CHAR_UNSIGNED/CHAR_IS_UNSIGNED/HAS_UNSIGNED_CHAR and
maybe more that I can't resolve which definition is actually
used.

I have now added this line to ImPlatform.h

#define HAVE_UNSIGNED_CHAR

and it solves the problem, but I have a slight feeling that there
should be a better solution.
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