[tex-live] OK to update freetype2 source in TL?
Jonathan Kew
jonathan_kew at sil.org
Tue Jul 11 16:52:14 CEST 2006
The texlive/Build/source/libs directory includes both freetype and
freetype2 sources. (These are entirely separate libraries, not two
versions of the same thing.)
I'd like to update the freetype2 sources (currently 2.0.9) to the
latest release (2.2.1), both to benefit from improvements and bug-
fixes, and because the configure/make support in 2.2.1 seems better
able to support a typical out-of-source build. This will help with
getting xetex to build reliably as part of tex-live.
As far as I can tell, freetype2 is not currently configured/built/
used at all on Unix-like systems (only the older freetype library is
used, for ttf2pk). But freetype2 is apparently used in building fpTeX
on Windows. So it's possible that updating the freetype2 sources will
require some configuration tweaks for that build.
I don't have a W32 development system, so can't try this myself. So
would someone who builds tex-live on Windows care to try updating the
freetype2 sources, and see if all goes smoothly? Or are people happy
for me to commit the new source to TL, and then we'll deal with any
unexpected issues afterwards if/when they arise?
Comments, suggestions, advice all welcomed....
-- JK
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