AGG update and possible breakage

[thomas bonfort]

have been looking more into this...
ubuntu, debian, redhat, mandrake and probably others all bundle their
libagg-dev or equivalent with the .h in the agg include directory and with
libaggfontfreetype.so in lib .
things go badder if you try to compile using the source directory of agg as
your --with-agg parameter, as libaggfontfreetype.o is not compiled by
default, and agg_font_freetype.h is not in the include directory.
for the autoconf knowledgeable:
 would their be a way of checking if agg_font_freetype.h and
libaggfontfreetype.so are in the default paths,
and then setting AGG_LIB=-lagg -laggfontfreetype,
 and if not compile or have the user compile
$AGG_DIR/font_freetype/agg_font_freetype.cpp, and then have
AGG_INC+=AGG_DIR/font_freetype and
AGG_LIB=AGG_DIR/font_freetype/agg_font_freetype.o -lagg

I think falling back to GD would be a pity as it's relatively easy to set
this up

tb



On 8/6/07, Stephen Woodbridge <woodbri at swoodbridge.com> wrote:
>
> Should this be added as a configure option? ie: use it if agg is
> selected and the libaggfontfreetype or the .h is included in the
> distribution, otherwise fall back on GD by using #ifdef's.
>
> -Steve
>
> thomas bonfort wrote:
> > update:
> > ubuntu's distribution of agg includes the header file, and all goes well
> > if I add -laggfontfreetype to the LIBS
> >
> > On 8/6/07, *thomas bonfort* <thomas.bonfort at gmail.com
> > <mailto:thomas.bonfort at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     hi devs
> >     AGG rendering is now mostly complete, including font rendering.
> >     the agg source distribution includes a freetype font manager that is
> >     not built by default and not included in the main source/include
> >     directories, but in the font_freetype subdir. For font rendering to
> >     work, I've pulled agg_font_freetype.cpp and .h into the mapserver
> >     directory, as there are high chances that distribution releases of
> >     AGG will not include the agg_font_freetype.o in their libagg or
> >     agg_font_freetype.h in their headers.
> >     After discussing this with frank, due to the non negligeable risks
> >     of breaking things, I'll be waiting for your feedback/comments/etc..
> >     on this before commiting all this.
> >
> >     thomas
> >
> >
>
>
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