ports/69723: 4.10 update or install fails when X11 included: fontconfig-2.2.2, libfontconfig.so.1 undefined symbol FT_Get_BDF_Property

[Gary Aitken]

>Number:         69723
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       4.10 update or install fails when X11 included: fontconfig-2.2.2, libfontconfig.so.1 undefined symbol FT_Get_BDF_Property
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jul 28 20:30:20 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Gary Aitken
>Release:        4.10 Release CD
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD ... 4.10-RELEASE #0: ... root at perseus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC 

>Description:
I initially attempted to do an update from 4.5 to 4.10, 
as a binary only user with kernel sources and X11.
The update failed because of an undefined symbol in an X11 fontserver
library:

  fontconfig-2.2.2,1 aborted  error code 1
  /usr/X11R6/lib/libfontconfig.so.1: 
    undefined symbol "FT_Get_BDF_Property"
  loading dependent package
    XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_7 failed
    XFree86-FontServer-4.3.0_3 failed

A subsequent attempt to do a complete install failed in the same way, not surprisingly.

The result is an installation process which doesn't complete, and a disk which is in a dubious state.

>How-To-Repeat:
I *think* this should fail by simply choosing normal X11 user with kernel sources and installing.  Can't be certain because I completed (I think) the installation by hand, since at the failure point everything was on the disk and I could build a custom kernel and go from there.

The error is definitely repeatable once it occurs; I got it with any attempted install which included X11.
>Fix:
It would be nice if one had the option of completing the installation and omitting the unsuccessful package (X11).
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: