Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:20:47 -0500 From: "Michael D. Harlan" <mike@harlanonline.org> To: utterjef@msu.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and building XFree86-4 fonts Message-ID: <20031118212047.GA32448@harlanonline.org>
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Jeff, this is the response I have sent to another inquisitive FreeBSD user. Hopefully the solution works for you, too. Mike ----- Forwarded message from "Michael D. Harlan" <r3mdh@harlanonline.org> ----- Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 17:59:51 -0500 From: "Michael D. Harlan" <r3mdh@harlanonline.org> To: robertson.rob@comcast.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and building XFree86-4 fonts In-Reply-To: <200311071957.hA7JveBX001287@mgm.harlanonline.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Hi Rob, Actually, my question was never replied to. And, I was never able to get the fonts to install via ports. However, I did manage to get them installed via PACKAGES. If you go into /stand/sysinstall, you can select the scalable fonts for installation. For some reason, this works. Once the fonts are installed, gnome will continue on in the installation. Once you get to the *.so.1 issue, find the *.so.x file, where x is a number from 1-5 and symlink it to the filename that the makefile asks for. After that, it should be relatively smooth sailing for you. I have the latest gnome port installed on my system and it works like a champ. There is definitely something broken with the port for the scalable fonts. The port author did not reply to any of my e-mails, so I kept tinkering around until I found the package route. Hopefully you have the same success. Let me know if I can be of further assistance and I'll do what I can. Mike On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 02:57:40PM -0500, robertson.rob@comcast.net had this to say: : Hi mike. In searching for someone that might know something about the problem I am finding in compiling applications that required the encoded XFree86-4 fonts I am seeing the same problem that you reported in the questions email group for FreeBSD. The problem is that the Makefile created by imake contains references to macros that are supposed to handle the encoding. My guess is that they are defined anywhere that the make program can find. : : I didn't see any response to your question, but I wondered if someone contacted you directly about the solution to this problem. I am stuck now, in that I can't use either gnome or kde, because they require that the fonts are installed. : : Your question was submitted to: : freebsd-questions@freebsd.org : : The subject was: : Makefile for XFree86-fontScalable-4.3.0 port is broken? : : Please let me know if you were able to resolve the problem, and how you did it. : : Thank you very much, : : Rob Robertson robertson.rob@comcast.net : : : -- : (NOTE: This message was submitted via the website) -- Mike Harlan mike@harlanonline.org http://www.harlanonline.org/ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Mike Harlan mike@harlanonline.org http://www.harlanonline.org/
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