[PATCH 1/4] shadowfb calls GetGlyphs() so list libXfont as a dependency

Yaakov (Cygwin/X) yselkowitz at users.sourceforge.net
Sat Jun 23 21:20:39 PDT 2012


On 2012-06-22 23:59, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> Blargh.   On Solaris you have to link libXfont just right to avoid the weak
> symbols being linked wrong and overriding the symbols from Xorg, which leaves
> Xorg unable to start because it can't even find the builtin fonts.

That's exactly what happens on Cygwin as well with a shared libXfont.

> Maybe its time to finally make libXfont stop being a 900 lb. weakling.

How exactly?


Yaakov
Cygwin/X


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