Due to our use of `libtool' to generate and install the FreeType 2
-libraries on Unix systems, as well as other historical events, it is
+libraries on Unix systems, as well as other historical events, it is
generally very difficult to know precisely which release of the font
engine is installed on a given system.
1. Version and Release numbers
------------------------------
-For each new public release of FreeType 2, there are generally *three*
+For each new public release of FreeType 2, there are generally *three*
distinct `version' numbers to consider:
- * The official FreeType 2 release number, like 2.0.9 or 2.1.3.
+ * The official FreeType 2 release number, like 2.3.1 or 2.4.10.
- * The libtool (and Unix) specific version number, like 9.2.3. This is
- what `freetype-config --version' returns.
+ * The libtool (and Unix) specific version number, like 13.0.7. This
+ is what `freetype-config --version' returns.
* The platform-specific shared object number, used for example when
- the library is installed as `/usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.3.2'.
+ the library is installed as `/usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.7.1'.
The platform-specific number is, unsurprisingly, platform-specific and
varies with the operating system you are using (several variants of
See below for a small autoconf fragment.
-The release number is also available at *runtime* through the
-`FT_Library_Version' API. Unfortunately, this one wasn't available or
-working correctly before the 2.1.3 official release.
+The release number is also available at *runtime* through the
+`FT_Library_Version' API.
2. History
----------
-The following table gives, for each official release, the corresponding
-libtool number, as well as the shared object number found on _most_
-systems, but not all of them:
+The following table gives, for all releases since 2.3.0, the
+corresponding libtool number, as well as the shared object number found
+on _most_ systems, but not all of them:
- release libtool so
+ release libtool so
-------------------------------
+ 2.5.5 17.4.11 6.11.4
+ 2.5.4 17.3.11 6.11.3
+ 2.5.3 17.2.11 6.11.2
+ 2.5.2 17.1.11 6.11.1
+ 2.5.1 17.0.11 6.11.0
+ 2.5.0 16.2.10 6.10.2
+ 2.4.12 16.1.10 6.10.1
+ 2.4.11 16.0.10 6.10.0
+ 2.4.10 15.0.9 6.9.0
2.4.9 14.1.8 6.8.1
2.4.8 14.0.8 6.8.0
2.4.7 13.2.7 6.7.2
2.3.2 9.13.3 6.3.13
2.3.1 9.12.3 6.3.12
2.3.0 9.11.3 6.3.11
- 2.2.1 9.10.3 6.3.10
- 2.2.0 9.9.3 6.3.9
- 2.1.10 9.8.3 6.3.8
- 2.1.9 9.7.3 6.3.7
- 2.1.8 9.6.3 6.3.6
- 2.1.7 9.5.3 6.3.5
- 2.1.6 9.5.3 6.3.5
- 2.1.5 9.4.3 6.3.4
- 2.1.4 9.3.3 6.3.3
- 2.1.3 9.2.3 6.3.2
- 2.1.2 9.1.3 6.3.1
- 2.1.1 9.0.3 ?
- 2.1.0 8.0.2 ?
- 2.0.9 9.0.3 ?
- 2.0.8 8.0.2 ?
- 2.0.4 7.0.1 ?
- 2.0.1 6.1.0 ?
-
-The libtool numbers are a bit inconsistent due to the library's history:
-
- - 2.1.0 was created as a development branch from 2.0.8 (hence the same
- libtool numbers).
-
- - 2.0.9 was a bug-fix release of the `stable' branch, and we
- incorrectly increased its libtool number.
-
- - 2.1.4 was a development version, however it was stable enough to be
- the basis of the 2.2.0 release.
3. Autoconf Code Fragment
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-Copyright 2002-2012 by
+Copyright 2002-2014 by
David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.
This file is part of the FreeType project, and may only be used,
projects / framework / graphics / freetype.git / blobdiff