On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 at 02:00, Pierre Labastie via blfs-dev <blfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> wrote: > > > > > How do I tell Pango that I don't want to build it with cairo ? > > > > I tried, well you would, wouldn't you: > > > > -Dcairo=false > > > > but no joy there. > > > > The NEWS file in the source tarball suggests that, once upon a time, > > there > > may have been a > > > > --with-cairo > > > > switch in the build system but, presumably something that obvious > > didn't make > > it out of Autotools-land when the python fan-boys took control? > > > > Any clues? > > > > I'm sure i can install Cairo, but the BLFS Book's suggestion that it > > should not be needed got my hopes up ! > > Well, looks like it is not optional in pango-1.46, but it is in pango- > 1.48. Normally, you should look at meson_options.txt to determine which > options are available. Note that "boolean" type is "true" or "false", > but "feature" type is "enabled" or "disabled". In pango-1.48, disabling > cairo is obtained with "-Dcairo=disabled" (note that the default is > "auto", so disabling shouldn't be needed if cairo is not present). > > Pierre
Thanks for that Pierre. Interesting that something a simple as a boolean, so --with-X=[yes|no] or --disable-X=[yes|no] would be complicated by presenting it as non-boolean. Will ceratinly give 1.48 a go. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
