Re: cannot bootstrao fontforge!

Matijs van Zuijlen <[email protected]> Tue, 2 Aug 2016 10:33:29 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.fonts.fontforge.devel
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Hi,

On 02-08-16 09:17, Apostolos Syropoulos wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I just sent a message but it was incomplete. Unfortunately, my
> old desktop is out of order and I have bought a new computer.
> When I will get it I will reinstall the operating system and later
> on I will try again to build fontforge.

Ok, keep us updated how you're faring. This should just work, and if it
doesn't it needs to be fixed.

> Of course it is simpler to have a tar file for most people.
> In fact, I think that developers should release every
> year or every six months such a release. The brave ones can
> "fight" with autoconf and automake...

Yes, having a nice official release would be an improvement. It would
also help with getting a more recent version in Debian, for instance.

> Using an ancient tar ball is not a solution. For example,
> this tar ball does not provide support for TTC fonts. At least
> it never worked for me.
> 
> Regards,
> A.S.

Regards,
Matijs

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