[Python-modules-team] Bug#892436: pygame: Please use 'pkg-config' to find FreeType 2

[René Dudfield]

Hello,

I wonder if you know how portable pkg-config is for this?

Will using pkg-config work for getting config on older versions of Debian?

Or will we have to try and use both of the scripts? freetype-config for
older, and pkg-config for newer?


best regards,



On Thu, 08 Mar 2018 22:52:30 +1100 hugh.mcmaster at outlook.com wrote:
> Source: pygame
> Severity: important
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> The next release of libfreetype6-dev will *not* ship
> `freetype-config', as the script has now been deprecated in favour of
> `pkg-config'.
>
> This is an upstream change:
>
> "Use of the `freetype-config' script to get compilation and
>
> linking options is deprecated since it doesn't support
>
> cross-compiling, among other deficiencies. Instead, you should
>
> use the `pkg-config' interface." [1]
>
> Please use `pkg-config' to detect the FreeType 2 headers and
> libraries in pygame.
>
> If this bug is not resolved prior to the release of FreeType 2.9.1,
> your package may FTBFS.
>
> Thank you
>
> [1]
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=b0
> a93839b52818abbfe9b4c8755b4aa0f5232063
>
>
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