Hi,
Michael Weber wrote:
> there is a dependency in openoffice that requires libfreetype <2.1.0.
> I have an upgraded woody (new xfree, new kde) running and have
> libfreetype 2.3.1, so the package is not installable w/o manual intervention
> and --force-depends.
>
> Since OO1.1 is running perfectly well w/ libfreetype 2.3.1 (AFAICS) I would like
> to know if the dependency could be changed to something that matches?
No.
the woody backport is compiled against 2.0.9 and 2.0.9 is in some cases
binary-incompatible with >= 2.1.0.
So we have to force < 2.1.0.
Do you really need the newer libfreetype? For what? For the backports?
Lart the backporter then..
Grüße/Regards,
René
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