Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 12:22:20 +0300 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz@FreeBSD.ORG>, Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@hub.freebsd.org>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG, portmgr@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86-4 & freetype Message-ID: <20010606122220.E18735@ringworld.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <200106060915.f569FPA01860@vega.vega.com>; from sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG on Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 12:15:25PM %2B0300 References: <20010606113816.C18735@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <200106060915.f569FPA01860@vega.vega.com>
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On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 12:15:25PM +0300, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 12:58:09PM -0700, Jean-Marc Zucconi wrote: > > > >>>>> Maxim Sobolev writes: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > Reading RELNOTES for XFree86-4.1.0 revealed that they are now > > > > providing a way to easily use external freetype2 library instead > > > > of one buindled with XFree86. Could you please reconsider your > > > > last decision to use buindled freetype, which if my memory serves > > > > was mainly due to headache associated with extending and maintaining > > > > already large XFree86 patchset. > > > > > > This is not new, and there is an option in script/configure to not > > > compile the builtin freetype. Configure asks: > > > Do you want support for TrueType fonts? [YES] > > > > > > From the cvs log: > > > revision 1.74 > > > date: 2001/03/20 15:55:00; author: jmz; state: Exp; lines: +5 -1 > > > Add the possibility to disable support for TrueType fonts. > > > > Maybe I'm reading Maxim's message wrong, but.. I think he's suggesting > > that only the FreeType build is disabled; this does not necessarily > > mean disabling TrueType fonts, as the X build might detect a previously > > installed FreeType library, and use it to still build the fonts. > > Actually I was talking about using external dependency to print/freetype2 > in XFree86-4 instead of rolling out its own version. Our dependency > machanism work reasonably well and I don't see why XFree86-4 shouldn't > use it. This won't decrease functionality of XFree86-4. > > It is already known that XFree86-4 installs incomplete version of > freetype2 which creates number of weird problems. Yes, I know this is what you meant; my point was that what jmz said about the currently available knob to disable TrueType does not coincide with what you say about disabling the bundled FreeType. jmz's solution disables TrueType fonts, while just disabling the build of the bundled FreeType would still let people use ttf, but with a 'correct' FreeType library and no conflicts. G'luck, Peter -- What would this sentence be like if it weren't self-referential? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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