RE: [FT2 bug contest :-)]

[Fleischer, Karsten (K.)]

Hi all,

I wanted to start testing now with Purify, but I couldn't get the current
snapshot via FTP. It's just 67 bytes in size on all mirrors I have tried.
Please have a look at it.
I cannot get CVS access to the sources because of our company's firewall :-(

I'll try again tomorrow.

Cheers,

Karsten


> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Turner [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Montag, 30. Oktober 2000 15:27
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: [FT2 bug contest :-)]
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
>   I'm posting the instructions to test the infamous "cache" bug,
>   since it seems lots of people have already proposed their help.
>   the following should work equally well on Unix and Windows.
>   You _need_ GNU make.
> 
>   1. Get the current "freetype2" and "ft2demos" modules from
>      the CVS server. CVS password is "anonymous"; On Unix:
> 
>           export CVSROOT=:pserver:address@hidden:/cvsroot
>           cvs login
>           cvs co freetype2 ft2demos
> 
>   2. Compile the library in "developer mode" (no 
> optimisations, debugging
>      and static build only to avoid libtool):
> 
>           cd freetype2
>           make setup devel
>           make
> 
>   3. Edit the file "ft2demos/src/ftcommon.i" with your 
> favorite editor.
>      Line 32 reads as:
> 
>          #undef USE_SBITS_CACHE
> 
>      change it to:
> 
>          #define USE_SBITS_CACHE
> 
> 
>   4. Compile the demo programs:
> 
>          cd ../ft2demos
>          make
> 
>   5. Run "bin/ftview". For example, on Unix:
> 
>          bin/ftview 12 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/*.pf?
> 
>      on Windows:
> 
>          bin\ftview 12 c:/windows/fonts/*.ttf
> 
>   6. the program may crash immediately, dump many error 
> messages to the
>      standard output. In some cases, it even displays 
> correctly the first
>      font, but crashes when jumping to the next one with the "n" key.
> 
>   7. To test it with Purify or any other tool, you'll probably need to
>      recompile it or re-link it. You'll need to edit the file 
> "ft2demos/Makefile"
>      
>      be sure to add your own definition of "CC" or "LINK" in 
> the Makefile,
>      but _after_ line 52, which reads:
> 
>          include $(CONFIG_MK)
> 
>   8. Recompile/Relink; then re-run the program. And let us know of any
>      interesting output you may find. By the way, the X11 memory leaks
>      are not related to this bug and are a fairly minor annoyance.. !!
> 
> Voila, the seeds are in place, let's wait for the harvest :-)
> 
> And thanks in advance to anybody involved..
> 
> - Cheers,
> 
> - David
>