Re: [ft] 'FT_GlyphSlot_Embolden' issues

[Werner LEMBERG]

> i have compiled freetype2 on My LFS sustem. When i try to compile gtkboard, i 
> get this error.
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> /usr//lib/libcairo.so: undefined reference to `FT_GlyphSlot_Embolden'
> -------
> after which the compile exits with error.

Which FT version?  FT_GlyphSlot_Embolden has been introduced in 2.1.3

> While trying to fild a solution to this problem, i was configuring libXft. 
> During configuration i could see..
> -------
> checking for FT_Get_Next_Char... yes
> checking for FT_Get_BDF_Property... yes
> checking for FT_Get_PS_Font_Info... yes
> checking for FT_Has_PS_Glyph_Names... yes
> checking for FT_GlyphSlot_Embolden... no
> checking for FT_Bitmap_Size.y_ppem... yes
> --------
> 
> Thus it seems FT_Glyphslot_Embolden is 'OFF'. How do i turn this
> on... if i need to compile fretype again what would be the
> configure-time options so that this error does not occur again?

A normal build of FreeType includes the file `ftsynth.c' -- either
your FreeType version is very old, or this file has been explicitly
disabled from the BASE_EXT_SRC list of files (in src/base/rules.mk).


    Werner