linux vs freebsd fc-cache binaries

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Thu Dec 30 15:29:12 PST 2004


On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 06:01:17PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-12-30 at 13:53 -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 04:14:40PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > 
> > > * 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.
> > 
> > Would 2.1.9 not work?
> 
> 2.1.9 would work, but we have not updated due to the API changes.
> Therefore, I haven't tested 2.1.9 to know if its rendering style will be
> uglier than 2.1.7.  If someone can produce a 2.1.9 RPM, and it renders
> decent fonts, then by all means, go for it.

Someone found me a 2.1.5 package, which seems to work and to fix both
problems I found.  Fonts in linux-mozillafirebird are also not
anti-aliased (at least not when displaying on my os x laptop) - is
this expected?

Kris
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