Re: OT: xfs vs. freetype

[Andre Costa <acosta ar microlink com br>]

Thks, Mike, I really appreciated your answers/advices.

Best,

Andre

On Sat, 3 May 2003 13:15:25 -0400 (EDT)
"Mike A. Harris" <mharris www linux org uk> wrote:

> Upgrading random core operating system libraries like freetype 
> generally will get you in trouble.  There is no really good 
> reason to upgrade it.  Also, upgrading freetype would mean that 
> your entire OS is now unsupported.  Any font related problems you 
> might encounter, you would have to resolve on your own.
[...]
> Our freetype is patched with a few things that are expected to be
> there by other parts of the OS.  If you replace freetype, then
> you'll have problems unless you also re-engineer our patches into
> it.  You may also possibly have to rebuild parts of the OS that
> use freetype.
> 
> Although I haven't personally tried it, stock freetype will most
> likely result in all Xft using apps misbehaving.  At a minimum 
> though, you will lose some functionality.

-- 
Andre Oliveira da Costa