[mapserver-users] Variations in label behavior between Mapserver 3.6.1 on Windows 2000 vs. FreeBSD UNIX

[gisweb at lmi.net]

Steve and Steve,

Thanks for your responses.  The sys-admin reports that the version of GD is 1.84
and the version of freetype is 2.1.  If Steve Woodbridge's comment about
Freetype 2.0 holds true for Freetype 2.1 as well, that looks like the root of
the problem, yes?

- Jonathan

Quoting Steve Lime <steve.lime at dnr.state.mn.us>:

Ugh! What versions of GD/Freetype on each platform?

Quoting woodbri at swoodbridge.com:

> This is caused most like;y by the fact that FreeBSD probably has 
> freetype 2.0 loaded instead of freetype-1.3.1.  freetype 2.0 is very 
> broken :( for mapserver needs.
> 
> -Steve W.
> 
> On 17 Sep 2002 at 11:07, gisweb at lmi.net wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hi List,
> > 
> > Any suggestions for how to resolve variations in label behavior
> > between Mapserver 3.6.1 on Windows 2000 vs. FreeBSD UNIX?  The Windows
> > 2000 version of Mapserver produces correct labels that match their
> > streets' angles.  The FreeBSD version of Mapserver produces incorrect
> > angles--flipped or mirrored or both?--as shown in the following web
> > page:  http://www.giswebsite.com/gis/problems/
> > 
> > Possible reason... An email in the archive (from 2000) suggests that
> > older versions of GD can cause this kind of behavior.  There are two
> > versions of GD on the FreeBSD machine, both below the /usr/local
> > directory.  One was installed in 1998, and the other July 17th of
> > 2002.  The July 17th, 2002, version files are in /usr/local/include/*
> > and the 1998 version files are in /usr/local/include/gd/*.  When I
> > specify --with-gd=/usr/local/include in the configure instructions,
> > the GD libraries stored in the /usr/local/lib directory are thought to
> > be missing, so the configure fails.  The configure works when no
> > directory path is specified.
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> > 
> > Jonathan W. Lowe
> > 
> 
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