--- On Mon, 1/4/13, Hin-Tak Leung <ht...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > --- On Sat, 30/3/13, Hin-Tak Leung > <ht...@users.sourceforge.net> > wrote: > > > "... was committed to freetype in January and will form > the > > next release (2.4.12)". > > It is perhaps worth repeating the quote: 'The official > R binaries for windows ... are compiled against static > libraries of cairo 1.10.2 ... are firmly in the "do not work > correctly" category' > > The minimum version of cairo to work being 1.11.2. On closer > examination, the official bundle > (http://www.rforge.net/Cairo/files/cairo-current-win.tar.gz) > is built with neither fontconfig nor freetype. So even if it > is bumped to current version (1.12.x), it does not work > correctly.
Here is a drop-in replacement for the above: http://sourceforge.net/projects/outmodedbonsai/files/R/cairo-1.12.14%2Bft%2Bfc-win.tar.gz Besides being over 2 years more up-to-date, cairo (1.12.14) is also built with fontconfig and freetype enabled, and freetype being 2.4.11 + back-ported patch (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891457#c35) so at least there is a a better chance of R working correctly. The full list of the tar ball is (a superset of the above, due to addition of fontconfig and freetype and their dependencies): ------- cairo-1.12.14 pixman-0.26.2 libpng-1.5.13 zlib-1.2.7 fontconfig-2.10.1 freetype-2.4.11 (patched) glib2-2.34.3 expat-2.1.0 bzip2-1.0.6 libffi-3.0.11 gettext-0.18.2 --------- This allows the C-based cairo bug demo (#c10) to build so I am sure it is sufficient for building windows R. At some stage I'll rebuild a less-buggy R 2.15.3 for windows, but not for a few weeks so if somebody wants to beat me to it, please feel free to do so. > Perhaps also wasn't clear in the bugzilla thread - everybody > from fontconfig/cairo/freetype involved knew it being the > issue so it has never been explicitly spelled out - the > problem was (is) with cairo's pdf/ps generation, aided by > freetype. > > > ------------------------------ > > On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 18:54 GMT Simon Urbanek wrote: > > > > >On Mar 30, 2013, at 9:24 AM, Hin-Tak Leung wrote: > > > > > >> Perhaps that's too much details. There is > (will be) > > a new freetype because of cairo's unanticipated usage > (which > > R uses, among other cairo users). Most people should > upgrade > > or request an upgrade eventually, when they are > > comfortable. > > >> > > > > > >Which versions are affected? R binary for OS X > uses > > freetype 2.4.11 (and cairo 1.12.14) so I just need to > know > > if there is an action item. > > > > > >Thanks, > > >SImon > > > > > > > > > > > >> --- On Sat, 30/3/13, peter dalgaard <pda...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > >> > > >> Huh? > > >> > > >> This is utterly incomprehensible without > reading > > the redhat > > >> bugzilla, and even after reading, I'm not sure > what > > the > > >> issue is. Something with bold Chinese fonts in > X11, > > but > > >> maybe also affecting Latin fonts, ....? > > >> > > >> Please explain yourself. > > >> > > >> -pd > > >> > > >> On Mar 30, 2013, at 09:25 , Hin-Tak Leung > wrote: > > >> > > >>> The problem was first seen with R/Sweave > (#c0) > > then > > >> reproduced directly with cairo (#c10) and was > > eventually > > >> traced to freetype. The 5-part bug fix: > > >>> 610ee58e07090ead529849b2a454bb6c503b4995 > > >>> da11e5e7647b668dee46fd0418ea5ecbc33ae3b2 > > >>> e1a2ac1900f2f16ec48fb4840a6b7965a8373c2b > > >>> 869fb8c49ddf292d6daf4826172a308973d3e11f > > >>> d56e544d653b09c657911629557ffc5277a503e3 > > >>> was committed to freetype in January and > will > > form the > > >> next release (2.4.12). They were back ported > to > > 2.4.11 > > >>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891457#c35 > > >>> and the redhat people had further > back-ported > > it to > > >> 2.4.10 for fedora 18/19 (#c51). > > >>> > > >>> The freetype people had reproduced the > problem > > with a > > >> latin font, so this affects most people, > unlike > > what the > > >> initial report (#c0) suggests. > > >>> > > >>> Since freetype is part of X11, most > unix/linux > > users > > >> would be understandably nervous about breaking > X > > (see #c45 > > >> for screenshot of broken gnome terminal!) and > > should wait up > > >> to a year before the new and not-yet-released > > 2.4.12 becomes > > >> an official upgrade; or contact their > favourite > > unix vendors > > >> and/or Apple for upgrades. AFAIK, current > > up-to-date linux > > >> distributions ships the rather older 2.4.10, > with > > the > > >> exception of fedora 18/19 (#c51). Mac OS X > 10.5 > > ships > > >> freetype 2.3.5 as part of X11; I haven't > bother > > looking up > > >> later Mac OS X's. > > >>> > > >>> The official R binaries for windows and > mac OS > > X are > > >> compiled against static libraries of cairo > 1.10.2 > > (over 2 > > >> years old), and cairo 1.11.2 and freetype > 2.4.4 > > >> respectively, and are firmly in the "do not > work > > correctly" > > >> category. > > >>> > > >>> The long and short of the story is that > > R/Sweave uses a > > >> feature of cairo which wasn't implemented > before > > cairo > > >> 1.11.2 (#c13, Jan 2011), which in turn depends > on a > > feature > > >> of freetype that has been around since 2005 > but did > > not > > >> anticipate cairo's usage. It is commendable > that > > the > > >> freetype people did not refer to cairo's usage > as > > "misuse" > > >> but took the patience to address the problem, > > unlike some > > >> group's style. > > >>> > > >>> It has been an interesting few months > returning > > to > > >> freetype after about 17 years, I think. > > >>> > > >>> Here is how to look up what version of > freetype > > - > > >> libfreetype.so.x.y.z for most unix platforms, > and > > >> /usr/X11/lib/libfreetype.x.y.z.dylib on Mac OS > X: > > >>> > > >>> (excerpt from docs/VERSION.DLL) > > >>> > > >>> version > > >> x.y.z date of release > > >>> 2.4.11 > > >> 6.10.0 Dec 2012 > > >>> 2.4.10 > > >> 6.9.0 June 2012 > > >>> 2.4.9 > > > > >> 6.8.1 March 2012 > > >>> ... > > >>> 2.4.4 > > > > >> 6.6.2 Nov 2010 (official R > > mac > > >> binaries) > > >>> ... > > >>> 2.3.5 > > > > >> 6.3.16 July 2007 (Mac OS X 10.5) > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > ______________________________________________ > > >>> r-de...@r-project.org > > >> mailing list > > >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Peter Dalgaard, Professor, > > >> Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business > School > > >> Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark > > >> Phone: (+45)38153501 > > >> Email: pd....@cbs.dk > > >> Priv: pda...@gmail.com > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ______________________________________________ > > >> r-de...@r-project.org > > mailing list > > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
