OpenJDK build and libfreetype

[Magnus Ihse Bursie]

Freetype is not used when building with closed sources, so it has not been finding itself, it has never been used. Still, it's weird that configure let you pass without a valid freetype path. What did configure print while checking freetype?

/Magnus

25 okt 2012 kl. 03:20 skrev David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com>:

> On 24/10/2012 9:49 PM, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
>> On 2012-10-24 03:16, David Holmes wrote:
>>> Probably a FAQ but I just tried to force an OpenJDK build of my forest
>>> and it failed:
>>> 
>>> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lfreetype
>>> 
>>> what do I have to set to make this work?
>> 
>> You have to specify --with-freetype to configure, pointing to your
>> freetype installation.
> 
> I don't normally so it is finding it itself for non-openjdk builds.
> 
>> I'm not sure why a missing freetype wasn't caught by configure, though.
> 
> Me neither. All I'm changing is whether it is an openjdk build or not.
> 
> The good news is that --with-java-path fixed it for me.
> 
> David
> 
>> On the other hand, the freetype handling in configure is currently
>> really crappy, so I'm not surprised. (I'm hoping I'll have enough time
>> to fix that before I leave.)
>> 
>> /Magnus