[jdk8u-dev] RFR: 8193017: Import freetype sources into OpenJDK source tree [v4]

[Andrew Hughes]

On 20:03 Wed 31 May     , Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> On Wed, 31 May 2023, Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> 
> >Good to see this being proposed. I was wondering what had happened to it.
> 
> As long as there is a flag to still use the system library,
> and I can figure out how and where to add it in the build
> process…
> 
> bye,
> //mirabilos
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Given 8u is a stable release, I don't intend for any defaults to
change, so you shouldn't have to add any new options.

This is primarily aimed at Windows, where FreeType is not readily
available on the system and FreeType sources have to be supplied
manually to the JDK build.

Thanks,
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