[XeTeX] Opentype fonts with vrt2 + linux

[Wilfred van Rooijen]

Hello,

> 
> To confirm the situation, are you running binaries
> that come directly  
> from the TeX Live DVD, or from Gentoo packages of
> TeX Live? The TeX  

Yes. I was told off-list that miktex contains xetex
0.997. I could emerge it xetex but that would also put
an entire tetex on my system, which I want to avoid.

I am trying to build from source in my homedir.

Regards,
Wilfred

> Live distribution uses static linking wherever
> possible (virtually  
> all the libraries except fontconfig) for maximum
> portability, while  
> distro-based packages typically use dynamic linking
> so that library  
> updates can be applied centrally for all programs
> using the lib.
> 
> So to be able to update the Freetype version used by
> xetex, I think  
> you'd need to either rebuild it locally, or use a
> Gentoo port that is  
> dynamically linked instead of the generic TeX Live
> version.
> 
> JK
> 
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