Re: [Freetype] more on freetype-config

[Werner LEMBERG]

> The output of freetype-config is not safe when configuring complex
> packages because it assumes that --libs should also produce -L
> options (e.g. -L/usr/local/lib -lfreetype).  This is not safe
> because it makes it difficult to control the ordering of the options
> in the configure script (some linkers are amazingly sensitive).

The best thing IMHO is to use the --libtool option for configuring
with the libtool package.  At least if you want shared lib support,
you need that, and, AFAIK, it handles all these nasty details for
static libs also.

> It would be better to add a --ldflags option to the script to
> produce any -L options, and only produce -l options form --libs.
> This is more compatible with the GNU standard environment variables.

Patches are welcome :-)


    Werner