Re: [Devel] Bug#94041: Freetype (either version) not 64-bit clean

[Henrik Grubbström]

On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, Anthony Fok wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I just received a _critical_ bug report on FreeType
> from a fellow Debian developer.  It does look quite serious
> because neither FreeType 1 nor FreeType 2 works properly
> on a 64-bit platform like Alpha, Sparc64 and the upcoming IA64.

Note that it only applies to OS's where long is a 64bit type. ie it does
not apply to eg Windows XP 64bit/IA64. It does however apply both to
AIX 5L/IA64 and Linux/IA64.

> So yes, please do try to fix it to make FreeType truly
> a universal font engine.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Anthony

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Henrik Grubbström                                       address@hidden
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