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[Anthony Fok]

Hello,

I have received a message from a fellow Debian developer about compiling
Abiword with FreeType 1.3.1.  I don't know the answer, and I apologize if it
is already a FAQ.

Should instances of

        #include "ft?????.h"

be changed to

        #include "freetype/ft?????.h"

Or should we just add "-I/usr/include/freetype" to CFLAGS?
Which is the preferred practice?  Thanks.  :-)

Anthony


----- Forwarded message from "James R. Van Zandt" <address@hidden> -----

Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 17:51:30 -0500 (EST)
From: "James R. Van Zandt" <address@hidden>
Subject: freetype.h
To: Anthony Fok <address@hidden>
Cc: /usr/local/src/abi/address@hidden
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII


Anthony -

I tried to configure and build AbiWord, which uses freetype.  Its
configure script displays the message "configure: warning: Could not
find gdwmf library or some of its components: libwv *will* build but
will not have wmf to png support: see README".  It looks to me like
the configuration problem is due to a bug in freetype.  Here's the
relevant part of config.log:

        configure:3801: checking for gdwmfapi.h
        configure:3811: gcc -E  conftest.c >/dev/null 2>conftest.out
        In file included from /usr/include/xgdttf.h:16,
                         from /usr/include/gdwmfapi.h:3,
                         from configure:3807:
        /usr/include/freetype.h:33: fterrid.h: No such file or directory
        /usr/include/freetype.h:34: ftnameid.h: No such file or directory
        configure: failed program was:
        #line 3806 "configure"
        #include "confdefs.h"
        #include <gdwmfapi.h>
        
Apparently the gdwmf test is failing because the freetype headers are
not found.  freetype is installed, but it's in a subdirectory.
freetype.h has
        #include "fterrid.h"
        #include "ftnameid.h"
but apparently it needs
        #include "freetype/fterrid.h"
        #include "freetype/ftnameid.h"

It looks to me like compilation of any program that includes
freetype.h would fail unless the compiler flags included
"-I/usr/include/freetype".  I have not submitted a bug report because
I suspect I'm missing something.  If the bug is not in freetype, then
I would appreciate any suggestions.

          - Jim Van Zandt

p.s. I'm about to leave town, so will not be able to get right back to
you.

----- End forwarded message -----

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