Re: [Devel] 2.1.2 on Windows

[David Turner]

Hello Kevin,

Kevin Bryan wrote:
> I can not compile 2.1.2 (from ft212.zip on sf.net) under Windows.  It gets
> an error about FT_EXCEPT_H not being defined (in ftexcept.c).  Also,
> include/freetype/internal/ftexcept.h has markers from CVS conflicts
> (<<<<<<,======,and >>>>>>).
>
> This all compiled fine under Linux (using the tar.bz2 version), though those
> cvs conflicts are in the file in that version as well.
>
> Also, the 'make setup visualc' line fails with:
>
> builds/win32/detect.mk:61: *** missing `endif'.  Stop.
>
>
> Has anyone else had these issues?  Will there be a new release soon?

This file is experimental and shouldn't be part of a normal build
of the 2.1.x branch. You'd better check the Jamfiles to see which
files are compiled (they're a _lot_ easier to understand than the
corresponding Makefiles)

Hope this helps,

- David Turner
- The FreeType Project  (www.freetype.org)