This  patch  together  with  the old  implementation  (from  gd-1.5)  of
gd_gif_in.c restore GD's ability to read GIF images. The writing of such
images is troubled because of Unisys' zeal in patent enforcement.

--- gd.h	Tue Feb  6 14:44:01 2001
+++ gd.h	Fri Jul 27 16:10:38 2001
@@ -95,2 +95,4 @@
 gdImagePtr gdImageCreate(int sx, int sy);
+gdImagePtr gdImageCreateFromGif(FILE *fd);
+gdImagePtr gdImageCreateFromGifCtx(gdIOCtxPtr in);
 gdImagePtr gdImageCreateFromPng(FILE *fd);