[Interest] [OS X] next Qt 5.6.0 question : Freetype (building with -fontconfig)?

[René J. V. Bertin]

René J. V. Bertin wrote:

Actually, this turns out to be more about Freetype. I'm surprised to see that 
qcoretextfontdatabase.mm now does have support for Freetype. What I don't get is 
why the corresponding -I option isn't passed when compiling that file. I'm 
seeing it elsewhere so the information is obtained correctly.

R.

> Hi,
> 
> I'm hitting the next hurdle, potentially another untested thing:
> 
> I've always configured with -fontconfig. I'm not convinced that option ever
> had an effect building for Cocoa, but it didn't cause issues either.
> 
> Now, I'm getting an include failure on ft2build.h compiling
> qcoretextfontdatabase.mm , most likely because the appropriate -I option is
> missing from the compile command.
> 
> Is there *any* point in activating -fontconfig on OS X when not building the
> xcb QPA? I'd love for there to be, but that's probably wishful thinking?
> 
> R.