freetype - A free and portable TrueType font rendering engine HOWTO

ChangeLog


2023-10-16	- 2.9.1 -> 2.13.2
		- Updated Slackware versions list removing
		  13.37, adding 15.0
		- Removed an old windows.h error note from 5 years ago
2018-11-25      - Note about windows.h
		- Use --mandir=/usr/man (otherwise /usr/share/man)
2018-10-21	- 2.4.9 -> 2.9.1
		- Web site http to https
		- Added repository link
		- Updates Slackware note for 14.0, .1, and .2, removed
		  older than 13.37
		- Removed md5sum check
		- Changed sha1sum to sha256sum
		- SF download URLs http to https
		- Added libpng prerequisite link
2012/03/15	- 2.3.11 -> 2.4.9
		- Updated Slackware note for 13.1 and 13.37
		- Added bzip2 prerequisite link
2010/01/23	- 2.3.7 -> 2.3.11
		- Updated Slackware note for 13.0, removed older than
		  12.0
2008/09/17	- 2.3.5 -> 2.3.7
		- Updated Slackware note for 12.0 and 12.1
2007/07/02	- 2.3.3 -> 2.3.5
		- Removed sed and grep links (now at the top)
2007/04/07	- Updated Slackware note for 11.0
		- Added note about text files to read
		- 2.2.1 -> 2.3.3
Jun 8, 2006	- 2.1.10 -> 2.2.1
Jan 6, 2006	- Updated Slackware note for 10.2
		- Added uninstall instructions to the bottom
		- Only run removepkg if it exists
		- Instead of removing certain include files, just kill
		  the whole directory (right before 'make install')
Jun 14, 2005	- 2.1.9 -> 2.1.10
		- Removed make, gcc, binutils, and fileutils/coreutils links
		- Updated Slackware notes for Slackware 10.1
		- Rearranged options to shut up the new version of find
		- Moved source directory (see note <a href="howtos.php?msd">here</a>)
Sep 15, 2004	- Updated notes for Slackware 10.0
Sep 1, 2004	- 2.1.8 -> 2.1.9
Apr 21, 2004	- 2.1.7 -> 2.1.8
Apr 15, 2004	- Fixed a one character typo in the part that cleans up old
		  files
Mar 2, 2004	- 2.1.5 -> 2.1.7
		- Updated prereq list with link to coreutils
		- Updated notes about cleaning out elflibs
		- Added a few obvious prerequisites
		- Remove /usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftmodule.h, which
		  doesn't seem to be used any more and remove every file in
		  /usr/include/freetype2/freetype/internal/ because there
		  were lots in there that were not updated with a freetype
		  upgrade
Jan 30, 2004	- Added note that Slackware 9.1 includes version 2.1.5
Sep 12, 2003	- 2.1.4 -> 2.1.5
		- Added prerequisites
Aug 6, 2003	- Added cleanup of /usr, /usr/local, and /usr/X11R6
		  installed copies of freetype2
		- Updated notes about X's freetype
		- Added 'removepkg freetype' to cover the freetype package
		  that existed in Slack 8.1 (it was freetype 1.x)
May 16, 2003	- Fixed typo that would prevent old source dirs from getting
		  removed
May 7, 2003	- Modernized the howto
		- 2.1.3 -> 2.1.4
		- Added note about X's freetype
Nov 18, 2002	- 2.1.2 -> 2.1.3
		- Removal of previous versions
Oct 8, 2002	- First entry (was part of apache and wv howtos)

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