[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #30594] configure: confusing warning about fontconfig and native graphics

[Judd Storrs]

URL:
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                 Summary: configure: confusing warning about fontconfig and
native graphics
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: judd
            Submitted on: Thu 29 Jul 2010 07:14:03 PM GMT
                Category: Configuration and Build System
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Other
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

While trying to configure octave to build with native graphics, I found this
error confusing (fontconfig development headers were not installed):


configure: WARNING: Fontconfig not found.  Native text rendering will use
hard-coded font instead.
configure: WARNING: 
configure: WARNING: I didn't find the necessary libraries to compile native
configure: WARNING: graphics.  It isn't necessary to have native graphics,
configure: WARNING: but you will need to have gnuplot installed or you won't
configure: WARNING: be able to use any of Octave's plotting commands
configure: WARNING: 


The message suggests to me that lack of fontconfig will not prevent native
graphics from building and that some _other_ library is missing. However,
installing libfontconfig1-dev (Ubuntu 10.4) is in fact the only action
needed.

Repeat by:

Remove libfontconfig1-dev and run ./configure, native graphics will be
disabled. Reinstall libfontconfig1-dev and run ./configure, native graphics
will be enabled.

[tip 10832:1b2fcd122c6a Thu Jul 29 12:45:23 2010 +0200]




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