Re: [Devel] error in compiling freetype1.3.1 on solaris 2.7

[Antoine Leca]

Hi Gwang-Tae,

Thanks for reporting your problem.


address@hidden wrote:
> 
> I have a question for compiling freetype 1.3.1.
> To compile it, I typed 'make', but the result is as follows.
<snip> 
> ../lib/.libs/libttf.so: undefined reference to address@hidden'
> 
> please tell me the why and solution.  I welcome any answer and help.

This is a FAQ, as is explained in howto/unix.txt:

> 2. Trouble-shooting and simple customization
> --------------------------------------------
> 
>   The make  build seems  to fail on  some Solaris systems.   This is
>   mainly  due to  the  fact that  the  test programs  (not the  font
>   library itself)  try to use certain libraries  and/or utilities if
>   they find  them on your system.   In some cases,  the Sun versions
>   are incompatible to the GNU ones.  If you encounter such problems,
>   please report them to us so we can try to fix it.
> 
>   The configure script and  makefiles that it generates can/make use
>   of the following things:
> 
>   - gettext      - In order  to compile the  internationalized error
>                    message string extension, which isn't part of the
>                    core  library.  You  can disable  this and  get a
>                    clean compile with
> 
>                      ./configure --disable-nls
> 
 
I have a note that I should improve the documentation to make this
point even more clear. To help me, can you tell me what are the
documentation(s) you did consult before asking? This way, I shall
add pointers at the relevant places.

Thanks in advance for your help.


Antoine