[PATCH misc-ethiopic] install: Test if font directory is set before calling mkfont[dir/scale]

Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersmith at oracle.com
Mon Jul 29 17:11:43 PDT 2013


On 07/29/13 03:32 AM, Egbert Eich wrote:
> This package contains two font versions: TrueType and OpenType.
> One may want to install only one of them by specifying an empty
> font directory for the other one: ie by adding '--with-<fonttype>-fontdir='
> to configure.

That seems like a hack we should discourage, not try to fix.
Wouldn't it make more sense to add flags like --disable-opentype-install
and --disable-truetype-install rather than overloading a empty fontdir
path flag and hoping autoconf never improves their syntax checking?

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