Bug#163998: xserver-xfree86: Conflicting symbols in xtt and freetype modules

[ISHIKAWA Mutsumi <ishikawa@linux.or.jp>]

>>>>> In <[🔎] E17zMKC-00008r-00@sonaras.ipv6.lt> 
>>>>>	"Tadas Miniotas" <tadas@ipv6.lt> wrote:
>> Package: xserver-xfree86
>> Version: 4.2.1-2
>> Severity: important
>> Tags: sid

>> Hello,
>>
>> X server crashes when modules freetype and xtt are both enabled. Here is
>> the last message from /var/log/XFree86.log.0:
>>
>> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libxtt.a
>> Duplicate symbol TT_FreeType_Version in
>> /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libxtt.a:xttmodule.o
>> Also defined in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a
>>
>> Fatal server error:
>> Module load failure

 It is not a bug.

 Please read section `5. Additional notes about TrueType support'
of  /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/README.fonts.gz

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5.  Additional notes about TrueType support

This version of XFree86 comes with two TrueType backends, FreeType (module
`freetype', formerly known as xfsft) and X-TrueType (module `xtt').  These
two backends are not compatible: only one of them can be used at any one
time.
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ISHIKAWA Mutsumi
 <ishikawa@linux.or.jp>, <ishikawa@debian.org>, <ishikawa@netvillage.co.jp>