Non-EPS Graphic Files

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I'm trying to follow the instructions from epslatex.ps to include non-eps format graphics (.gif, .jpg…) in tex, but no success so far:

The test file is:

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\begin{document}
\DeclareGraphicsRule{.gif}{eps}{.gif.bb}{`convert #1 'eps:-' }
\includegraphics{test2.gif}
\end{document}
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The latex error is:

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! LaTeX Error: Cannot determine size of graphic in test2.gif  (no BoundingBox).

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...

l.6 \includegraphics{test2.gif }

The graphics files are:

$ dir test2.*
-rw-rw----    1 tong     tong        13468 Jul 12 22:05 test2.gif
-rw-rw----    1 tong     tong           27 Jul 13 17:21 test2.gif.bb

$ cat test2.gif.bb
%%BoundingBox: 0 0 504 481

Can anybody help me with it? thanks