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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-37323

searching freetype includes does not use pkg-config

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Done
    • P2: Important
    • 5.0.0 Alpha
    • 4.8.5
    • Build System
    • None
    • Linux, cross-compiling x86 -> ARM
    • 28c0b26fb7a6d33670d3ad523562aa11dcd40d35

    Description

      I'm trying to cross-compile Qt and use "-force-pkg-config -system-freetype". The host system does not have freetype headers, so I end up with:

      In file included from ../../include/QtGui/private/../../../src/gui/text/qfontengine_qpf_p.h:62:0,
                       from ../../include/QtGui/private/qfontengine_qpf_p.h:1,
                       from embedded/qwindowsystem_qws.cpp:83:
      ../../include/QtGui/private/../../../src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft_p.h:58:22: fatal error: ft2build.h: No such file or directory
      

      This is because config.tests/unix/freetype/freetype.pri does not care for pkg-config at all and has no case for cross-compiling, so the headers are not found. I have a brute-force patch attached that I use to tell it to do the right this.

      I think this is still incomplete: whoever uses freetype sets LIBS += -lfreetype (or LIBS_PRIVATE), which should instead use the information returned by pkg-config first. I can't simply use link_pkgconfig in my patch because that would insert freetype into LIBS instead of LIBS_PRIVATE e.g. for src/gui/text/. I could upload that patch to gerrit but I'm unsure if this is the correct approach at all.

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