abiword 1.9.x has conceptional errors in the config scripts

From: Dennis Heuer (dh@onclick.org)
Date: Tue May 13 2003 - 01:31:32 EDT

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    "abiword 1.9.x installation breaks because of pangoxft"

    > I get the following error:
    >
    > ../../../../../wv/libwv.a(generic.o): In function `wvTempName':
    > /workspace/software/gnome/abiword-1.9.1/wv/../wv/generic.c:85:
    > the use of `tmpnam' is dangerous, better use `mkstemp'
    > /opt/gnome/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so: undefined reference to
    > `FT_Stream_GetShort'
    > /opt/gnome/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so: undefined reference to
    > `FT_Stream_ExitFrame'
    > /opt/gnome/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so: undefined reference to
    > `FT_Stream_GetLong'
    > /opt/gnome/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so: undefined reference to
    > `FT_Stream_Seek'
    > /opt/gnome/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so: undefined reference to
    > `FT_Get_Next_Char'
    > /opt/gnome/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so: undefined reference to
    > `FT_Stream_EnterFrame'
    > /opt/gnome/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so: undefined reference to
    > `FT_Get_First_Char'
    > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
    > make[4]: *** [AbiWord-2.0] Fehler 1
    > make[4]: Leaving directory
    > `/workspace/software/gnome/abiword-1.9.1/abi/src/wp/main/unix'
    > make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1
    > make[3]: Leaving directory
    > `/workspace/software/gnome/abiword-1.9.1/abi/src/wp/main'
    > make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1
    > make[2]: Leaving directory
    > `/workspace/software/gnome/abiword-1.9.1/abi/src/wp'
    > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1
    > make[1]: Leaving directory
    > `/workspace/software/gnome/abiword-1.9.1/abi/src'

    Joaquin Cuenca Abela answered:

    > Anyway, the build is catching an old copy of freetype that you
    > should have around, somewhere.
    > The usual culprit is xfree86, that includes an internal old copy of
    > freetype for the core fonts support.
    > Make sure the build catches the right freetype, and everything
    > should build like a charm.

    Dear Joaquin

    Many thanks for your tip.

    But, my system finds the right freetype version. The real culprit is some misconfiguration in the abiword config files. I found a line - using grep on the src tree - that shows up the dilemma. It is really the fault of the abiword configuration that, in some cases, puts the X path before the link to libfreetype2:

    src/tools/pfa2afm/GNUmakefile:XFT_LIBS = -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXft -lfreetype -lXrender -lfontconfig

    This should be (if not two variables):

    src/tools/pfa2afm/GNUmakefile:XFT_LIBS = -L/usr/lib -lfreetype -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXft -lXrender -lfontconfig

    As you can see in the following example, abiword otherwise sets -I/usr/include/freetype2 before -I/usr/X11R6:

    src/GNUmakefile:GNOME_CFLAGS = -pthread -DORBIT2=1 -I/usr/include/libglade-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/include -I/opt/gnome/include/eel-2 -I/opt/gnome/include/bonobo-activation-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/include/libbonobo-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/include/libbonoboui-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/include/gconf/2 -I/opt/gnome/include/gtk-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/opt/gnome/include/gnome-vfs-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/include -I/opt/gnome/include/libart-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/include/libgnome-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/include/libgnomeui-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/include/libxml2 -I/opt/gnome/include/gail-1.0 -I/opt/gnome/include/orbit-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/include/linc-1.0 -I/opt/gnome/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/opt/gnome/include/atk-1.0 -I/opt/gnome/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/opt/gnome/include/libgnomecanvas-2.0 -DHAVE_NAUTILUS=1 -DORBIT2=1 -pthread -I/usr/include/libglade-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/include/libbonobo-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/lib/g
     lib-2.0/include -I/opt/gnome/include/orbit-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/include/bonobo-activation-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/include/linc-1.0 -I/opt/gnome/include/libgnomeui-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/include/libgnome-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/include/libgnomecanvas-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/include/gtk-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/include/libart-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/include/gconf/2 -I/opt/gnome/include/libbonoboui-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/include/gnome-vfs-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/include -I/opt/gnome/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/opt/gnome/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/opt/gnome/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/opt/gnome/include/libxml2 -I/opt/gnome/include/gal-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/include/libgnomeprint-2.2 -I/opt/gnome/include/libgnomeprintui-2.2 -DHAVE_GNOME=1

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