[ft-devel] DLL issues

[Werner LEMBERG]

[Sending to freetype-devel also.]

>> PS: Arvinder, it looks strange to me that you have `-lfreetype' at
>>     all in your building instructions.  AFAICS, you access the
>>     FreeType DLLs using dlopen – what FreeType functionality are
>>     you using without dlopen?
> 
> I was unsure about this myself.  It seemed like I had to include it
> so that Kushal's code would compile correctly since his code
> references FreeType structs/variables/types.

Hmm.  This would be compilation flag `-I' to set the FreeType include
path, but not the linker flags `-L' and `-l'.

> There was also an odd chicken and egg situation where I used
> FreeType types like FT_Error when setting up the dynamically linked
> functions. Ex: `FT_Error (*ft_init_fun)(FT_Library*);`. So there
> ended up being 3 versions of FT in use.

I think this is not correct (but maybe I'm wrong).  Please check that
again, probably consulting the internet for more advice.


    Werner