[gtk/matthiasc/for-master] docs: Mention cairo-gobject as build requires
- From: Matthias Clasen <matthiasc src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gtk/matthiasc/for-master] docs: Mention cairo-gobject as build requires
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 14:31:36 +0000 (UTC)
commit 0530aeec178fbf4522150a8b764349abd15dc9c8
Author: Matthias Clasen <mclasen redhat com>
Date: Mon Nov 16 09:29:10 2020 -0500
docs: Mention cairo-gobject as build requires
Using cairo from a system dependency and cairo-gobject
as subproject is problematic and left me stuck on a
hard-to-understand build error.
docs/reference/gtk/building.md | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
---
diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/building.md b/docs/reference/gtk/building.md
index 9092d10d1d..2ee660fb05 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gtk/building.md
+++ b/docs/reference/gtk/building.md
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ Other libraries are maintained separately.
fonts and matching them against font names.
- [Cairo](https://www.cairographics.org) is a graphics library that
supports vector graphics and image compositing. Both Pango and GTK
- use Cairo for drawing.
+ use Cairo for drawing. Note that we also need the auxiliary cairo-gobject
+ library.
- [libepoxy](https://github.com/anholt/libepoxy) is a library that
abstracts the differences between different OpenGL libraries. GTK
uses it for cross-platform GL support and for its own drawing.
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