Hi David, On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 11:20:31AM +0100, david turner wrote:
> I finally fixed the last problems that prevented GNUstep applications > from working properly in Sarge. Everything now works perfectly on > this distribution. There are still two ways to get the package: > - a pre-autoconf-ed version, ready to be built, is available at > http://turnerdavid.neuf.fr/free/freetype-2.2rc3.tar.bz2 > - otherwise, use the CVS server: > cvs -z3 -d > :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/sources/freetype co -r > VER-2-2-0-RC3 freetype2 > cd freetype2 > sh autogen.sh > This version works perfectly in Debian Sarge, and couldn't find any > problem it introduced. > The "light" hinting mode works extremely well too and will please any > Mac OS X fan with > "better-shapes-though-blurrier" text :-) > I'll try to install it on other "old" distributions, but again, I'd > appreciate if some volunteers > would be ready to give a hand. Well, mailing list delivery is still very spotty for me, but I saw there was an RC4 tag so I tried that instead. Anyway, results so far: - most of the "rogue" applications in Debian etch (i.e., versions built against freetype 2.1.10) appear to work ok with 2.2rc4; this includes xpdf-reader, evince (uses poppler), and fontconfig-using applications. - gimp segfaults in pango_fc_font_create_metrics_for_context(); this version of pango is built against freetype 2.1.10, but it's pango 1.10.3 and that was reported to be new enough that it no longer uses the freetype internal APIs? - I'm told sdl-ttf from testing/unstable breaks down, either with a font error or a segfault. I haven't confirmed this myself yet, but given that this is still one of the "rogue" libraries, I suppose it's nothing to worry about; I haven't checked the build of sdl-ttf from sarge yet, but I'm hopeful it will work since it was built against 2.1.7. - gnustep-back from sarge (i.e., built against freetype 2.1.7) fails stupendously with 2.2rc4, spitting out the following error repeatedly: 2006-03-05 23:14:17.000 ViewPDF[31022] Error when loading '/usr/lib/GNUstep/System/Library/Fonts/VeraSans.nfont/../../../../../../../usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/Vera.ttf' (00000006) This is when calling FT_New_Face(). I haven't tried to debug this yet because setting gnustep up to run under gdb is painful; I'll probably take a look at gimp/pango first instead. If you or anyone else has specific suggestions for testing/debugging, I would welcome them. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/
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