To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=65521 Issue #:|65521 Summary:|statically link freetype to vcl ... Component:|gsl Version:|680m167 Platform:|All URL:| OS/Version:|All Status:|NEW Status whiteboard:| Keywords:| Resolution:| Issue type:|PATCH Priority:|P2 Subcomponent:|code Assigned to:|pl Reported by:|mmeeks
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 18 02:23:03 -0700 2006 ------- So - there is a problem. Many systems' gtk+ (and Qts) require / link to a newer freetype. This code expects freetype to export symbols such as FT_GlyphSlot_Embolden (eg.) It also (most likely) expects a different ABI. When we fiddle LD_LIBRARY_PATH and include our own libfreetype before we then dlopen system libraries (eg. gtk+/cairo) expecting the system freetype [ which has more symbols / different behavior ] all hell breaks loose: things crash, fail to link, mis-function etc. The *simplest* solution to this [ based on the fact that only libvcl680li.so actually wants it's own (internal) freetype - cf. $ for a in *.so; do echo "Lib $a"; objdump -p $a; done 2>&1 | less whereas all other DT_NEEDEDs are (in fact erroneously, but ... ;-) inherited from the system. We *should* statically link our own libfreetype into VCL, and not install our own version: this has the following benefits: * fix <N> crasher bugs / system integration problems * faster linking / startup time * code size reduction: linker can remove dead sections etc. So - the patch (yes this isn't really a patch bug) is rather trivial. Of course, this doesn't affect Novell's (or most Linux) builds, only the up-stream / system builds. [ Although it affects us because we want to upgrade the internal freetype at some stage to use these new features without de-stabilizing thigns ]. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
