Woody ships with freetype 2.0.9 while my gnome2.2 backport uses freetype 2.1.3. After some investigation and testing, I have found that gnome 2.2 does not actually require freetype 2.1.3. Due to people wanting to use the semi-official openoffice.org packages (http://www.linux-debian.de/openoffice/) and the potential problems with using freetype 2.1.3 on a woody system, I have recompiled packages in my backport to use the woody version of freetype. This should resolve any issues with the semi-official openoffice.org.
New users of the backport don't require any special instructions beyond those found at http://people.debian.org/~walters/gnome2.html. Current gnome2.2 backport users should do: apt-get update apt-get upgrade rm /var/cache/apt/archives/*freetype* dpkg -r --force-depends libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev freetype2-demos apt-get -f install The above will end up removing any packages that depend on freetype 2.1.3, so people using another package of openoffice.org will have to change to the semi-official version (see above link for mirrors). Note that simply doing an 'apt-get update && apt-get upgrade' will not remove the freetype 2.1.3 packages, and will also not remove packages that depend on the 2.1.3 version of freetype (ie fontconfig and libxft2 from my backport and openoffice.org if you use it)-- therefore the 'apt-get upgrade' shouldn't break anything. I do recommend downgrading freetype however, as the stability of apps compiled against 2.0.9 but using 2.1.3 is unknown (though light testing shows they do still work). This change will hit the mirrors after 1:00am EST. Jamie Strandboge PS-- I am not subscribed to debian-openoffice, so please CC me with questions, feedback, etc. -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG/PGP ID: 26384A3A Fingerprint: D9FF DF4A 2D46 A353 A289 E8F5 AA75 DCBE 2638 4A3A
