[gst-devel] gst-plugins configure annoyances

[Brian Cameron]

Dave said:

>> Pango is more of a problem; freetype-config --version gives me the
>> libtool version (9.3.3), not the package version (2.1.3).  Anyone have
>> suggestsions on how to detect ?
>
> The freetype dependency can now be removed, since there's no code
> that uses it.  Pango is completely separate from freetype.

I think the freetype dependency is still there.  ext/pango/gsttextoverlay.c
makes use of  FT_PIXEL_MODE_GRAY, which was added in freetype 2.1.3.

Brian