Re: [ft-devel] Time for a new FreeType release

[Nikolaus Waxweiler]

> Theoretically yes.  However, relying on `FT_CHAR_BIT' is not as reliable as 
> using the `SIZEOF_INT' and `SIZEOF_LONG' autoconf tests.

Hm. So to unify this, I'd have to use a generic "FT_SIZEOF_LONG == (64
/ FT_CHAR_BIT)" and replace the line wholesale while configureing with
CMake or Autoconf.


Please have a look at
https://github.com/madig/freetype2/commits/modernize-cmake-build.
Attached is a patch that cleans up quite a bit.

The main differences are that the Autotools build produces 300-400 KB
smaller shared objects and making a source package will not include
the reference and obviously the generated Autotools files. A `refdoc`
and `devel` target are also still missing, as does a pkg-config file.

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