Re: [glob2-devel] libgag/src/SDL_ttf.[ch]

[Stéphane Magnenat]

On Tuesday 09 May 2006 13:01, David Schmitt wrote:
> Hi *!
>
> While looking through the sourcecode of alpha19, I found verbatim copies of
> SDL_tff.c and SDL_ttf.h from SDL's upstream which are compiled and linked
> statically into the glob2 binary via libgag.
>
> Since the Wiki at [1] lists SDL_ttf as a requirement - and I am in favor of
> using external libs instead of local copies, I tried to remove the two and
> replace them with a link against libsdl_ttf and it worked without problems.
> The patch is attached. Someone with more auto* foo than me should probably
> improve on the -lSDL_ttf in src/Makefile.am
>
> This also trades a (packaging) dependency on libfreetype's ABI against one
> on libsdl_ttf's.

At some point we were using an older version of SDL_ttf and to avoid problems 
I included it into the sources. Can you check if glob2 works with the most 
recent version of SDL_ttf ?

If so, I agree to remove it from our sources

Steph

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