ref: 3ec64654c49190555b8c26d18ffb91b1b766fb3f
parent: 4d3f7ca8cedbddad40b9e93a82926618e3fb4265
author: Werner Lemberg <[email protected]>
date: Sun Aug 28 07:02:00 EDT 2016
Explain how to build a PIC-enabled version of FreeType.
--- a/include/freetype/config/ftoption.h
+++ b/include/freetype/config/ftoption.h
@@ -524,6 +524,16 @@
/* Setting this macro is needed for systems that prohibit address */
/* fixups, such as BREW. */
/* */
+ /* Note that PIC support is not available for all modules (see */
+ /* `modules.cfg' for a complete list). For building with PIC support, */
+ /* do the following. */
+ /* */
+ /* 1. Clone the repository. */
+ /* 2. Remove all subdirectories in `src' that don't have PIC */
+ /* support. */
+ /* 3. Comment out the corresponding modules in `modules.cfg'. */
+ /* 4. Compile. */
+ /* */
/* #define FT_CONFIG_OPTION_PIC */
--- a/modules.cfg
+++ b/modules.cfg
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
# PostScript Type 1 font driver.
#
# This driver needs the `psaux', `pshinter', and `psnames' modules.
+# No PIC support.
FONT_MODULES += type1
# CFF/OpenType font driver.
@@ -47,24 +48,30 @@
# Type 1 CID-keyed font driver.
#
# This driver needs the `psaux', `pshinter', and `psnames' modules.
+# No PIC support.
FONT_MODULES += cid
# PFR/TrueDoc font driver. See optional extension ftpfr.c below also.
+# No PIC support.
FONT_MODULES += pfr
# PostScript Type 42 font driver.
#
# This driver needs the `truetype' and `psaux' modules.
+# No PIC support.
FONT_MODULES += type42
# Windows FONT/FNT font driver. See optional extension ftwinfnt.c below
# also.
+# No PIC support.
FONT_MODULES += winfonts
# PCF font driver.
+# No PIC support.
FONT_MODULES += pcf
# BDF font driver. See optional extension ftbdf.c below also.
+# No PIC support.
FONT_MODULES += bdf
# SFNT files support. If used without `truetype' or `cff', it supports
@@ -107,33 +114,41 @@
# FreeType's cache sub-system (quite stable but still in beta -- this means
# that its public API is subject to change if necessary). See
# include/freetype/ftcache.h. Needs ftglyph.c.
+# No PIC support.
AUX_MODULES += cache
# TrueType GX/AAT table validation. Needs ftgxval.c below.
+#
+# No PIC support.
# AUX_MODULES += gxvalid
# Support for streams compressed with gzip (files with suffix .gz).
#
# See include/freetype/ftgzip.h for the API.
+# No PIC support.
AUX_MODULES += gzip
# Support for streams compressed with LZW (files with suffix .Z).
#
# See include/freetype/ftlzw.h for the API.
+# No PIC support.
AUX_MODULES += lzw
# Support for streams compressed with bzip2 (files with suffix .bz2).
#
# See include/freetype/ftbzip2.h for the API.
+# No PIC support.
AUX_MODULES += bzip2
# OpenType table validation. Needs ftotval.c below.
#
+# No PIC support.
# AUX_MODULES += otvalid
# Auxiliary PostScript driver component to share common code.
#
# This module depends on `psnames'.
+# No PIC support.
AUX_MODULES += psaux
# Support for PostScript glyph names.