Re: extra packages in red hat 7.2 channel

Note that I've been running Xft2/fontconfig built from XFree86 sources 
directly for quite a while with the Ximian snapshots.  The only problem 
I noted was the gnome-terminal problem previously mentioned, now fixed.

So using them should, if they've been built correctly, be perfectly
OK.

Note that Fontconfig has its configuration file in /etc/fonts/fonts.conf;
this is different than Xft1's /etc/Xftconfig file.  It also automagically
detects when you install new fonts if they are in the directories 
(or subdirectors of) those mentioned in /etc/fonts/fonts.conf.

Xft2 updates Xft1 to use /etc/fonts/fonts.conf; once installed, your font
configuration is in the new configuration file, not the old.
				- Jim

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Jim Gettys
Cambridge Research Laboratory
HP Labs, Hewlett-Packard Company
[email protected]


> Sender: [email protected]
> From: Jacob Berkman <[email protected]>
> Date: 19 Sep 2002 11:59:05 -0400
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: extra packages in red hat 7.2 channel
> -----
> if you're on rhl 7.2, there may be some extra packages showing up (Xft,
> fontconfig, etc.).  these are being added to the channel in order for
> the tinderbox machine to build gnome HEAD.
> 
> i don't recommend installing these packages at this time, until a build
> goes out using them.
> 
>  - jacob
> 
> 
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