On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 12:40:04PM -0600, Min Sik Kim wrote:
> 
> In pkgsrc/fonts/Xft2, I got the followings.
> 
>   % make show-var VARNAME=BUILDLINK_DEPENDS.freetype2
>   freetype2>=2.1.3 freetype2>=2.1.3
>   % make show-var VARNAME=BUILDLINK_USE_BUILTIN.freetype2
>   yes
>   % make show-var VARNAME=_FREETYPE2_PKG
>   freetype2-2.1.0
> 
> So, Xft2 is always linked against old freetype2 even though it
> requires >=2.1.3.  It's because fontconfig/buildlink3.mk enforces
> using builtin freetype2 if builtin fontconfig is chosen.
> 
> Shouldn't the package get what BUILDLINK_DEPENDS.* say?

No, because in this situation, you could potentially be linking two
different versions of libfreetype2.so into Xft2, which will just cause
problems later on.

	Cheers,

	-- Johnny Lam <jlam@buildlink.org>