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Re: xlib backend - Xft without fontconfig
From: |
Derek Fawcus |
Subject: |
Re: xlib backend - Xft without fontconfig |
Date: |
Thu, 5 Aug 2010 17:57:14 -0700 |
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Mutt/1.4.2.3i |
On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 11:56:37PM +0200, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
>
> Xft is optional for us and it shall remain so. Are you implying that if
> Xft is found, then fontconfig should be a hard dependency?
Yes.
> On the system where I am writing this I have both fontconfig2 and Xft2
> installed, but I do wonder if the former is a dependency of the latter
> or if Xft2 can exist without fontconfig, sicne this would answer your
> question.
Xft2 depends upon fontconfig2, as a hard dependancy.
I am suggesting to throw away the remains of the Xft1 support in the xlib
backend; since I view it as useless cruft.