Re: HEADSUP: X.Org conversion

From: Eric Anholt <eta_at_lclark.edu>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:33:18 -0700
On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 17:25, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
> On 24-Jul-2004 Eric Anholt wrote:
> > On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 17:07, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
> >> 
> >> Just one question: have the inconsistencies been worked out in
> >> translating XFree86 fonts package dependencies to Xorg fonts
> >> packages? Have all ports that depend on XFree86 fonts packages
> >> been adjusted, and if so, how was this issue resolved?
> > 
> > Yes, it was dealt with by making those ports point at the font
> > package that provides truetype fonts.
> 
> OK, but then what about the dependencies on Type1 fonts?  Those have
> all just been dropped?  Might it not be better to ensure that both
> packages are listed now as dependencies?

Do those package actually depend on type1 fonts?  If so, then they
should be fixed to depend on them.

I didn't investigate deeply.  I'm pretty sure they just want a pretty
scalable font.

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Eric Anholt                                eta_at_lclark.edu          
http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/         anholt_at_FreeBSD.org
Received on Fri Jul 23 2004 - 22:33:20 UTC

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