On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 02:53:31PM -0600, Randy McMurchy wrote: > Ken Moffat wrote these words on 02/10/13 13:04 CST: > > configure:14508: checking for usable Xft/fontconfig package > > configure:14534: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE > > -DNARROWPROTO=1 -DFUNCPROTO=15 -DOSMAJORVERSION=3 -DOSMINORVERSION=8 > > -I/usr/include/freetype2 conftest.c -lXft -lXmu -lXt -lX11 > > -lXaw7 -lXt -lX11 -lSM -lICE -lXt -lX11 -lncurses >&5 > > /usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cc2otVoJ.o: undefined reference to symbol > > 'FcPatternBuild' > > /usr/bin/ld: note: 'FcPatternBuild' is defined in DSO > > /usr/lib64/libfontconfig.so.1 so try adding it to the linker command > > line > > /usr/lib64/libfontconfig.so.1: could not read symbols: Invalid > > operation > > collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status > > > > that results in configure reporting: > > checking for usable Xft/fontconfig package... no > > I have version 287 installed and have the exact same error in my configure > logs. > Thanks. If I manage to fix it, I'll commit the change. At the moment, using LIBS= and vanilla ./configure (with no options) seems to work even on the version currently in the book, I just need to find out which other setting prevents it compiling.
Meanwhile, if you are using ttf fonts and have DejaVu but not Bitstream-Vera I guess that most things will work if you are using a UTF-8 locale - the only thing I've found so far, and which I can actually key, is g with stroke [ used for one of the Sami languages or orthographies, so not exactly common ]. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
