In <E19KhvN-0000mR-00@localhost>, Keith Packard wrote: > > Around 13 o'clock on May 27, Tony Houghton wrote: > > > How old would it have to be not to work? I've just deleted the files > > from the Debian package (2.1.4) and verified with ldd that fc-cache is > > using the libfreetype2 that came with XFree86 4.3, and rerun it with -f, > > but it still isn't working. > > You deleted the working version and left the broken one. XFree86 4.3 > includes ancient FreeType bits which should never be installed. > > Make sure you include: > > #define HasFontconfig YES > #define HasExpat YES > #define HasFreetype2 YES > > in your config/cf/host.def file before building X or you'll end up with > whatever broken versions are left around in XFree86 CVS. Aha, that's fixed it [1], thanks. The X11 libs must have been taking precedence over the /usr/lib ones. [1] Except I haven't bothered recompiling, I just deleted the installed libraries and header files I didn't want. I take it it is safe to use XFree86 4.3's libXft though? It seems OK so far... -- TH * http://www.realh.co.uk
