Re: compiling FreeType2 for EPOC (the Symbian platform): some issues with global data

[David Turner]

Hi Graham,

> when FreeType2 is compiled as a DLL for EPOC, the Symbian operating system
> for mobile phones and PDAs, the toolchain has some very strict
> requirements. In particular, there cannot be any writable global data, or
> global data that, although typed as constant, is initialised after loading.
> Luckily there are some simple patches for FreeType2 that are generally
> beneficial, and allow it to be compiled as an EPOC DLL, as long as the
> re-entrant build is specified.
> 
> I must stress that these patches are intended to go into the general build
> and are not EPOC-specific, although they allow the EPOC version to be
> built. They may also be helpful to other builds, and surely cannot do any
> harm. Anyway, here they are (with comments tagged 'GA' that can be
> removed):
> 
Actually, the lack of writable static data is one of the library's design
goals, so your patches are welcomed :-) They've been committed to the
repository recently by the way..

thanks a lot..

- David