[Image-SIG] Re: Compile problem with 1.1.4 and freetype2

[Fredrik Lundh]

Theo. Sean Schulze wrote:

> OK, I think I have been able to fix this.  Looking at the error message
> again, it seemed that I needed to add an #include statement in
> _imagingtf.c.  So, I added "#include <ft2build.h>" just before line 18
> in _imagingtf.c, and it seems to have compiled.

the freetype2 authors tend to change things around between releases;
a quick googling indicates that PIL approach (which was correct according
to the freetype docs when I wrote that code) works in 2.1.5, but not in
2.1.7.

sigh.

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