[osg-users] freetype build support on Windows

[Stuart Mentzer]

To clarify, the issues arise not in building freetype but in building the freetype plugin. The OSG FindFreetype.cmake module has two issues:

1. The debug library is named freetyped.lib (not freetype.lib) and the NAMES variable doesn't have freetyped so it isn't found in a debug build. (This is also a flaw in CMake's FindFreetype module and I have submitted a patch.)

2. The include directory structure in freetype 2.6.3 is different than what FindFreetype.cmake expects.

If you are getting the freetype plugin built with freetype 2.6.3 or in a debug build using the stock OSG FindFreetype.cmake then that is a mystery. You could work around the first issue by setting the library variable externally I guess.

I have not looked at Björn's scripts -- I developed my own that handle the whole build also.

Stuart

On 6/6/2016 4:33 AM, Carl-Gustaf Kung wrote:
> I don't know if I missunderstand your original post somehow, but I did build freetype twice in last few days with no issues whatsoever. I am on windows 10 64-bit and I have built it with VS2015 Community Edition, both debug and release libs.
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> If you use cmake file that comes with freetype from git, just comment out check for mingw and shared libs:
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> #if (WIN32 AND NOT MINGW AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
> #  message(FATAL_ERROR "Building shared libraries on Windows needs MinGW")
> #endif ()
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> If you use Björn's cmake scripts, you have to do nothing.
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