linux vs freebsd fc-cache binaries

Joe Marcus Clarke marcus at FreeBSD.org
Thu Dec 30 12:50:44 PST 2004


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Kris Kennaway wrote:
| On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 03:25:21PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
|
|>Kris Kennaway wrote:
|>| Can someone please take a look at this ASAP?  At the moment the
|>| linux_base-8 patchset
|>| (http://www.leidinger.net/FreeBSD/port-patches/linux.diff)
|>| is buildable, but the font problem is critical for 4.11.
|>
|>The problem might be the version of freetype2 being used in linux_base.
|>~ There was a bug a while back where it would not process bitmapped
|>fonts.  I can't say for certain, but linux_base-8 does use a pretty old
|>version of freetype2.  Could also be a fontconfig problem.  What version
|>of fontconfig is being used?
|
|
| fontconfig-2.1-9.i386.rpm
| freetype-2.1.2-7.${ARCH}.rpm
|
| I wonder if updates are available for redhat 8.x.

I think I found the problem.  Freetype2-2.1.2 didn't support gzip'd
fonts.  That said, we really should be at 2.1.4 or higher for proper
gzip support.  Not sure if an updated RPM is available, though.

Joe

|
| Kris


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Joe Marcus Clarke
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