Re: [ft-devel] libfreetype.la issues

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> There's a build error on Mac OS X (10.7) w/ ttfautohint version
>> 0.8: for some reason, the `--libtool` argument to freetype-config
>> gives a path to a nonexistent library.  I do think the right
>> argument is `--libs`. Please find attached patch.
> 
> [...] I can imagine to modify the `freetype-config' script so that
> 
>   freetype-config --libtool
> 
> checks whether `libfreetype.la' actually exists, falling back to
> 
>   freetype-config --libs
> 
> if it doesn't.

I've decided to not do this but...

> Or should this be done on the client side (this is, ttfautohint)?

do this.

This is now in the ttfautohint git repository.


    Werner