[spam score 3/10 -pobox] [Mapserver-users] Problems with transparency, 3.7 and 24bit output

[Frank Warmerdam]

Smith, Michael ERDC-CRREL-NH wrote:
> I'm using the latest nightly build (3/24) of mapserver 3.7 compiled with gd 2.0.11, and freetype 2.12 and gdal-1.1.8.
> 
> Using outputformat of pc256, layer transparancy works fine.
> Changing outputformat to rgb with layer transparancy results in fonts getting munged.
> It's a little better with mode rgba, but still bad.
> Removing transparency eliminated the problem.
> 
> Is this a mapserver issue, or gd/freetype issue?
> Ideas?

Mike,

Sorry ... this is a known problem that I had intended to dig into but
forgot all about.  You might want to add yourself to the CC list on this
bug so you know when it is supposedly fixed:

   http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=271

Best regards,
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