[Python-modules-team] Bug#892436: pygame: Please use 'pkg-config' to find FreeType 2

[Hugh McMaster]

Hi René,

Thanks for looking on this bug.

On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 11:19:20 +0200, René Dudfield wrote:
> I wonder if you know how portable pkg-config is for this?
>
> Will using pkg-config work for getting config on older versions of Debian?
>
> Or will we have to try and use both of the scripts? freetype-config for
> older, and pkg-config for newer?

pkg-config has been part of Debian-based distros for many years.
The current release 0.29-4 is also part of Stretch, with Jessie using 0.28-1.

Also, freetype-config has been deprecated for many years, with pkg-config
being the preferred method of obtaining CFLAGS and libs for several years now.

In fact, freetype-config has been a wrapper for pkg-config since February 2017.

FreeType has also had pkg-config support since version 2.1.5 was released in 
2003, so
pkg-config support is comfortably available everywhere.

In addition, freetype-config(1) has recommended developers use pkg-config since 
March 2014.

Hope that helps.

Hugh
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[Python-modules-team] Bug#892436: pygame: Please use 'pkg-config' to find FreeType 2

[hugh . mcmaster]

Source: pygame
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

The next release of libfreetype6-dev will *not* ship
`freetype-config', as the script has now been deprecated in favour of
`pkg-config'.

This is an upstream change:

"Use of the `freetype-config' script to get compilation and

linking options is deprecated since it doesn't support

cross-compiling, among other deficiencies. Instead, you should

use the `pkg-config' interface." [1]

Please use `pkg-config' to detect the FreeType 2 headers and
libraries in pygame.

If this bug is not resolved prior to the release of FreeType 2.9.1,
your package may FTBFS.

Thank you

[1]
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=b0
a93839b52818abbfe9b4c8755b4aa0f5232063 

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