GNU bug report logs - #7936
23.2; libfontconfig not used when linking temacs

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Freenet.DE>

Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 20:16:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 8030, 8226

Found in versions 23.2, 23.3, 23.2.93

Fixed in version 24.1

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 7936 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Sven Joachim <svenjoac <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 7936 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8030: configure.in clears FONTCONFIG_CFLAGS and
	FONTCONFIG_LIBS
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:20:15 -0500

Sven Joachim <svenjoac <at> gmx.de> writes:

> It seems to me that bugs #7936 and #8030 are the same, so they should
> probably be merged.
>
> Moreover, AFAICS the root of the problem is that configure.in (in Emacs
> 23.2 and emacs-23) inadvertently clears FONTCONFIG_LIBS, so that
> '-lfontconfig' is not passed to the linker.  This has been fixed by
> Miles on the trunk in revision 102932:
>
> This bug causes Emacs to FTBFS on GNU/Linux as well with a strict
> linker when configured "--with-x-toolkit=lucid", see
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=614823.  I can confirm
> that Miles' change fixes that problem.
>
> Any chance to get this fix into Emacs 23.3?

I discussed this with Stefan.  It's not obviously safe, so it seems
better to leave it for Emacs 24.
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