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Re: OpenOffice.org Depends on libfreetype6 << 2.1.0



Hi.

Yuhanes Tjandra wrote:
> I have a problem, which was probably the most FAQ in the users list in
> couple of months ago.

And it is.

And if you have has read the archives of this mailinglist, you would
have seen much much answers on thaz topic....

> contrib. The problem is unmatched version used in both packages.
> Gnome2.2 requires libfreetype6 2.1.3-10woody1, while openoffice.org
> libfreetype6 < 2.1.0
[...]
> Can we have the same version of libfreetype6? I know it is the risk to
> run a mixed system.

No and exactly. The packages are compiled on woody which has 2.0.9.
Unfortunately libfreetype6 2.0.9 is incompatible with libfreetype6 >= 2.1.0,
so we need to enfore this dependency.

http://lists.debian.org/debian-openoffice/2003/debian-openoffice-200303/msg00041.html
lists two possibilities what you can do...

As it seems you would keep your GNOME 2.2 backport, you only have option
b)

Regards,

Rene
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