[depends] freetype 2.7.1 requires specific harfbuzz version #14367

issue real-or-random opened this issue on October 2, 2018

real-or-random commented at 12:02 PM on October 2, 2018: member
To reproduce:
```
cd depends
make
cd ..
./configure --prefix=`pwd`/depends/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
```
Problem:
```
checking for static Qt plugins: -lqminimal... no
configure: WARNING: Could not resolve: -lqminimal; bitcoin-qt frontend will not be built
checking for static Qt plugins: -lqxcb -lxcb-static... no
checking whether to build Bitcoin Core GUI... no (Qt5)
```
The actual problem is a linking issue when running the configuration check. From config.log:
```
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.2.1/../../../../lib/libharfbuzz.so: undefined reference to `FT_Done_MM_Var'
```
(Full snippet of relevant section in config.log)

I run Arch Linux, which currently uses harfbuzz 1.9.0. Downgrading harfbuzz to to 1.7.4 makes configure happy again (1.7.5 is the first version that fails) but that defeats the purpose of the depends build. Our depends system includes freetype 2.7.1 which however requires a specific version (range) of harfbuzz.

It seems that one naive way to resolve that issue is to include harfbuzz in depends but actually I don't know about all the magic and trade-offs going on the build system.

This may be related to #13001.
fanquake added the label Build system on Oct 2, 2018
fanquake deleted a comment on Oct 3, 2018
fanquake commented at 3:58 AM on October 3, 2018: member

cc @theuni
MarcoFalke closed this on Oct 8, 2018
MarcoFalke referenced this in commit 4de0b5f39c on Oct 8, 2018
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#13001 Could not resolve: -lqminimal #14385 depends: qt: avoid system harfbuzz and bz2