linux vs freebsd fc-cache binaries

[Kris Kennaway]

On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 04:14:40PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:

> |>Not sure if an updated RPM is available, though.
> |
> |
> | I couldn't find one on the mirror site.  This is annoying..looks like
> | we'll either have to
> |
> | * ship a linux_base with crappy font rendering, add the errata entry
> | and then deal with all the support mail from people who don't read it.
> |
> | * Make the XFree86 and xorg font ports not install gzipped fonts,
> | until we can update again to a newer linux_base after the release.
> 
> * Find someone that can create a RedHat 8 RPM of freetype2-2.1.4 or
> higher (preferably 2.1.7).  I'm sure one of our users could do this, and
> it wouldn't hurt to ask.
> 
> I mean, RH 8 isn't supported anymore anyway, so it wouldn't be like
> we're going to be causing ourselves any extra grief.

OK, that's worth a shot.  BTW, it also misses some of my TrueType
fonts, which might be because they're not named *.TTF (the number
missing is the same as the number of *.{FON,001,ttf} files in that
directory that are picked up by our fc-cache).

Kris

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