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diff --git a/graphics/tiff/pkg-descr b/graphics/tiff/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4f923f7f805f --- /dev/null +++ b/graphics/tiff/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +This software provides support for the Tag Image File Format (TIFF), a +widely used format for storing image data. + +Included in this software distribution is a library, libtiff, for +reading and writing TIFF, a small collection of tools for doing simple +manipulations of TIFF images on UNIX systems, and documentation on the +library and tools. A small assortment of TIFF-related software for +UNIX that has been contributed by others is also included. + +The library is capable of dealing with images that are written to +follow the 5.0 or 6.0 TIFF spec. There is also considerable support +for some of the more esoteric portions of the 6.0 TIFF spec. + +SGI has also added html-documentation in addition to man-pages. + + TIFF web site: http://www-mipl.jpl.nasa.gov/~ndr/tiff +Master FTP site: ftp://ftp.sgi.com/graphics/tiff |