Re: Missing checks in configure

[Werner LEMBERG]

> > Hmm.  I think the test for FontForge should be removed from the
> > configure script (and the documentation updated accordingly) --
> > it's also not needed for compiling a released package.
> 
> I thought we needed FF to remove overlaps in fonts.

Yes.

> We used to have checks for t1asm and fontforge implicitly, because
> they were dependencies for mftrace.  Now that mftrace is no longer a
> requirement, we should have checks for those in the configure file.

Yes.  But those programs are no prerequisites for a normal build (this
is, using a tarball), only for a build from the git sources.


    Werner