Onno Benschop wrote:
Then I went on the hunt and dpkg shows: ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.4 FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files ii libfreetype6-d 2.1.7-2.4 FreeType 2 font engine, development files
Do you have security.debian.org in your sources list? If so, I'm surprised your freetype hadn't been upgraded — the changelog shows May 28 as the date.