Re: GARNOME Weekly Builds

[Paul Drain <pd cipherfunk org>]

> checking for freetype-config... /usr/local/bin/freetype-config
> checking For sufficiently new FreeType (at least 2.0.1)... yes
> configure: error: Xft Pango backend is required for x11 target
> make[2]: *** [configure-work/main.d/gtk+-2.6.7/configure] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory 
> `/usr/download/garnome-2.11-20050610.1755/platform/gtk+'
> make[1]: *** [../../platform/gtk+/cookies/main.d/install] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory 
> `/usr/download/garnome-2.11-20050610.1755/platform/GConf'
> make: *** [paranoid-install] Error 2

Sounds as though gtk+ is picking up an older pango install without Xft
configured -- at the moment, GARNOME doesn't explicitly depend on Xft,
although there is a local copy in bootstrap/ if you don't already have
it installed.

> I would like to see if the 2.11 development snapshot now works with gcc 
> 4.0.0 (living dangerously) as well. Is there anything that could be done 
> to resolve this error ?

You *do* know how to live on the edge, don't you :)

Regards,

Paul