[mapserver-users] GD/Freetype Problem (was: No Image Output)

[Steve Lime]

Freetype configuration seems screwed up to me. If you have 2.0 and 1.3
on the same box it's difficult to compile against 1.3 even if you try
and force it. I finally gave up with 1.3 on my Linux box (RH 7.0) and am
developing against 2.0. Might you have multiple versions of Freetype
installed? Just an idea.

I think we should consider changing the behavior in configure...

Steve

Stephen Lime
Data & Applications Manager

Minnesota DNR
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St. Paul, MN 55155
651-297-2937
>>> Daniel Morissette <morissette at dmsolutions.ca> 07/29/02 21:51 PM >>>
Alexander Pucher wrote:
> 
...
> checking for gdImageStringFT in -lgd... yes
> checking for gdImageString16 in -lgd... yes
> checking for gdImageGifPtr in -lgd... yes
>         using GD ( -DUSE_GD_GIF -DUSE_GD_PNG -DUSE_GD_JPEG
-DUSE_GD_WBMP
> -DUSE_GD_FT -DGD_HAS_GDIMAGEGIFPTR) from system libs.
> checking whether we should include PDF support...
> ...
> 
> According to the MapServer Unix HOWTO, I should not get DUSE_GD_FT but
> DUSE_GD_TTF, when building with Freetype1 !!!
> 


Hummm... you're correct that we would expect to see -DUSE_GD_TTF for
freetype 1.3, that's odd... I checked on one of our servers and I get
the same -DUSE_GD_FT as you with freetype1.3 and my truetype fonts work
well, so I would suggest that you continue with your build... it's
probably going to work.

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