Thks, Mike, I really appreciated your answers/advices. Best, Andre On Sat, 3 May 2003 13:15:25 -0400 (EDT) "Mike A. Harris" <mharris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Upgrading random core operating system libraries like freetype > generally will get you in trouble. There is no really good > reason to upgrade it. Also, upgrading freetype would mean that > your entire OS is now unsupported. Any font related problems you > might encounter, you would have to resolve on your own. [...] > Our freetype is patched with a few things that are expected to be > there by other parts of the OS. If you replace freetype, then > you'll have problems unless you also re-engineer our patches into > it. You may also possibly have to rebuild parts of the OS that > use freetype. > > Although I haven't personally tried it, stock freetype will most > likely result in all Xft using apps misbehaving. At a minimum > though, you will lose some functionality. -- Andre Oliveira da Costa _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com
