[Freetype] Errors compiling apps re FT_SEEK_STREAM, others

[John LeMay]

This is a problem that has haunted me for ages. When compiling apps that 
require freetype and pango, I get errors like:

/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/3.2/../../../libpangoxft-1.0.so: 
undefined reference to `FT_Seek_Stream'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/3.2/../../../libpangoxft-1.0.so: 
undefined reference to `FT_Get_Short'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/3.2/../../../libpangoxft-1.0.so: 
undefined reference to `FT_Forget_Frame'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/3.2/../../../libpangoxft-1.0.so: 
undefined reference to `FT_Access_Frame'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/3.2/../../../libpangoxft-1.0.so: 
undefined reference to `FT_Get_Long'

I've found references to this being a version incompatibility between 
pango and freetype. For reference, here is what I have installed (on my 
SuSE 8.1 box):

freetype-1.3.1-740
freetype2-2.1.3-36
freetype2-devel-2.1.3-36
pango-1.0.5-0
pango-devel-1.0.5-0

Is there a "formal" resolution for this? I've seen references that 
downgrading freetype2 to 2.0.9 helps, but I'd rather not move backwards. 
I know this isn't a pango list, but would recompiling pango 1.0.5 
against freetype2-2.1.3 (or I could probably upgrade to 2.1.4) make a 
difference?

thanks in advance!

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John LeMay
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