Fontconfig dependency

Michael Schmiedgen schmiedgen at gmx.net
Tue Jul 15 23:58:57 UTC 2014


On 07/12/2014 19:37, Greg Lewis wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 03:19:39PM +0200, Michael Schmiedgen wrote:
>> we noticed that OpenJDK7 and OpenJDK8 sometimes depend
>> on Fontconfig, but the Java port/package does not install
>> it. FYI we run into problems if using BIRT with graphical
>> output generation.
>>
>> Can Fontconfig be added to the dependencies of OpenJDK?
>
> I've added a dependency to the openjdk7 port just now.  Let me know if that
> fixes the issue and I'll add one for openjdk8 as well.

We already use OpenJDK8 on a 10.0-RELEASE system. Today I tested
again, and image generation via the BIRT framework and OpenJDK8
fails without fontconfig. If fontconfig is installed, everything
works fine.

I will test with OpenJDK7 soon and let you know.

Thanks,
   Michael



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