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[Freetype] more on freetype-config
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Bob Friesenhahn |
Subject: |
[Freetype] more on freetype-config |
Date: |
Tue, 28 Nov 2000 23:29:14 -0600 (CST) |
The output of freetype-config is not safe when configuring complex
packages because it assumes that --libs should also produce -L options
(e.g. -L/usr/local/lib -lfreetype). This is not safe because it makes
it difficult to control the ordering of the options in the configure
script (some linkers are amazingly sensitive).
It would be better to add a --ldflags option to the script to produce
any -L options, and only produce -l options form --libs. This is more
compatible with the GNU standard environment variables.
Bob
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