Re: Build from source, get terrible fonts

Luc <luc@sep.invalid> wrote:

On Sun, 23 Jun 2024 12:16:29 +0200, Joerg Mertens wrote:
 

I don't know if this will help but if you want to dive deeper into
the details here is some more information.
>
configure executes two commands to find out if it can use xft and
fontconfig:
>
$ pkg-config --cflags xft fontconfig
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and
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$ pkg-config --libs xft fontconfig
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At least one of them fails or else configure wouldn't print the
warning.  You can run the commands interactiveliy to see which files
it doesn't find.

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Yes, it helps although it won't solve my problem.
 
# > pkg-config --libs xft fontconfig
-lXft -lfontconfig -lfreetype
# > pkg-config --cflags xft fontconfig
Package 'x11' requires 'xcb >= 1.11.1' but version of xcb is 1.8.4

Well, there's the cause, you need to upgrade to a newer xcb.

I give up. The entire system does a formidable job of excluding
people with older systems. The whole spaghetti entanglement of
dependencies puts in place a large number of checkpoints that
make sure violators will be caught even if they cheat. I am caught
again. I give up again.

Unfortunately if you want to stay with a "too old" system you do have
to accept that some things will move forward to the point that they
won't compile anymore.  That's not the fault of the "system", that's a
conscious choice you made to stay behind.