bug or bug?

is this a catalyst bug or a ebuild bug or a spec file bug

If it is a dependency, why didn't it just emerge libpng?

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checking for png_create_info_struct in -lpng... no
configure: error: You need libpng to compile Links in
graphics mode

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!!! ERROR: www-client/links-2.1_pre26 failed.
Call stack:
  ebuild.sh, line 1615:   Called dyn_compile
  ebuild.sh, line 972:   Called qa_call 'src_compile'
  ebuild.sh, line 44:   Called src_compile
  links-2.1_pre26.ebuild, line 93:   Called econf
'--without-x' 
'--without-libpng' '--without-libjpeg' '--without-libtiff' 
'--without-svgalib' '--without-directfb' '--with-ssl'
'--without-sdl' 
'--disable-javascript' '--enable-graphics' '--with-fb'
'--with-libjpeg'
  ebuild.sh, line 578:   Called die

!!! econf failed
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Raboo Treed wrote:
> checking for png_create_info_struct in -lpng... no
> configure: error: You need libpng to compile Links in
graphics mode

Looks like a missing dependency. File a bug against the
ebuild.

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