Re: [ft-devel] freetype-2.3.7 -- ftconfig.h for biarch systems

[Antoine Leca]

On Thursday, July 10th, 2008, Werner LEMBERG wrote:

> > Freetype effectively expects 8-bit char (I am not sure 9-bit chars
> > or 16-bit chars could work or not, but I believe nobody checks it
> > anyway).
>
> This is not correct.  Some time ago a guy asked for support of 16-bit
> chars, and support for it has been added (cf. FT_CHAR_BIT).

You are (of course) right, and I failed to remember it, my mistake.

Based on your feedback and Suzuki-san points, I guess I really should put 
myself up-to-date about _all_ this stuff, and revisit it from ground up. The 
good point is that I remember some (I hope most) of the events which drove 
things this or that way (like the "discoveries" that Suzuki-san did 
yesterday). The bad point of course is that I am lacking time, but I promise 
to spend time on this during this summer (this way I shall be forced to 
finally make working my Linux x86_64, which is waiting in the dark since... 
December '04 :-/).
Since I am *not* fluent with Linux configuration mechanism, do not expect 
quick solutions, though.

To come back to the start of this thread, Werner answered to Peter that his 
purpose was addressed by issue #21250 
(https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?21250). So I will restrict 
myself with that problem, since I fully understand what is the problem with 
Linux biarch (for the record, I am currently trying to build a similar 
toolchain for Windows' GCC).
I am lost with potential issues (beyond what is reported on Savannah) with 
ppc's, Sparcs, or Macintoshes: I read the post from Suzuki-san to the 
autoconf list, which details (thank you) the problem on MacOSX, but for me 
it boils down exactly to the problem described by Peter: the installed 
headers should be target-agnostic.
Of course, please comment if (and where) I am wrong here.


I believe the autoconf way developped by Suzuki-san in the other thread is a 
complementary way (that I do not understand in details, but it looks 
promising); and it is tempting to try both ways: so we have better chances 
to finally end with good solutions.


Antoine