Freetype 2.4.12 was released in early May. Just so that we are clear that this is a freetype bug which affects R's use of Cairo (among other things). So there are updated bundles, and also bundles for Mac OS X as well, for both a patched 2.4.11 and 2.4.12 proper. The accompanying *.txt has a listing of versions. http://sourceforge.net/projects/outmodedbonsai/files/R/ Unix users should just upgrade. I'll get round to build R 2.15.3 (or 2.15.x) for windows and Mac OS X at some stage, but if somebody want to beat me to it, please feel free to do so. --- On Tue, 2/4/13, Hin-Tak Leung <htl10 at="" users.sourceforge.net=""> wrote: > --- On Mon, 1/4/13, Hin-Tak Leung > <htl10 at="" users.sourceforge.net=""> > wrote: > > --- On Sat, 30/3/13, Hin-Tak Leung > > <htl10 at="" users.sourceforge.net=""> > > wrote: > > > > > "... was committed to freetype in January and will > form > > the > > > next release (2.4.12)". > > > > It is perhaps worth repeating the quote:? 'The > official > > R binaries for windows ... are compiled against static > > libraries of cairo 1.10.2 ... are firmly in the "do not > work > > correctly" category' > > > > The minimum version of cairo to work being 1.11.2. On > closer > > examination, the official bundle (http://www.rforge.net/Cairo/files/cairo-current-win.tar.gz) > > is built with neither fontconfig nor freetype. So even > if it > > is bumped to current version (1.12.x), it does not > work > > correctly. > > Here is a drop-in replacement for the above: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/outmodedbonsai/files/R/cairo-1.12.14 %2Bft%2Bfc-win.tar.gz > > Besides being over 2 years more up-to-date, cairo (1.12.14) > is also built with fontconfig and freetype enabled, and > freetype being 2.4.11 + back-ported patch (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891457#c35) > so at least there is a a better chance of R working > correctly. > > The full list of the tar ball is (a superset of the above, > due to addition of fontconfig and freetype and their > dependencies): > ------- > cairo-1.12.14 > pixman-0.26.2 > libpng-1.5.13 > zlib-1.2.7 > fontconfig-2.10.1 > freetype-2.4.11 (patched) > glib2-2.34.3 > expat-2.1.0 > bzip2-1.0.6 > libffi-3.0.11 > gettext-0.18.2 > --------- > This allows the C-based cairo bug demo (#c10) to build so I > am sure it is sufficient for building windows R. At some > stage I'll rebuild a less-buggy R 2.15.3 for windows, but > not for a few weeks so if somebody wants to beat me to it, > please feel free to do so. > > > Perhaps also wasn't clear in the bugzilla thread - > everybody > > from fontconfig/cairo/freetype involved knew it being > the > > issue so it has never been explicitly spelled out - > the > > problem was (is) with cairo's pdf/ps generation, aided > by > > freetype. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 18:54 GMT Simon Urbanek > wrote: > > > > > > >On Mar 30, 2013, at 9:24 AM, Hin-Tak Leung > wrote: > > > > > > > >> Perhaps that's too much details. There > is > > (will be) > > > a new freetype because of cairo's unanticipated > usage > > (which > > > R uses, among other cairo users). Most people > should > > upgrade > > > or request an upgrade eventually, when they are > > > comfortable. > > > >> > > > > > > > >Which versions are affected? R binary for OS > X > > uses > > > freetype 2.4.11 (and cairo 1.12.14) so I just need > to > > know > > > if there is an action item. > > > > > > > >Thanks, > > > >SImon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> --- On Sat, 30/3/13, peter dalgaard > <pdalgd at="" gmail.com=""> > > > wrote: > > > >> > > > >> Huh? > > > >> > > > >> This is utterly incomprehensible without > > reading > > > the redhat > > > >> bugzilla, and even after reading, I'm not > sure > > what > > > the > > > >> issue is. Something with bold Chinese > fonts in > > X11, > > > but > > > >> maybe also affecting Latin fonts, ....? > > > >> > > > >> Please explain yourself. > > > >> > > > >> -pd > > > >> > > > >> On Mar 30, 2013, at 09:25 , Hin-Tak > Leung > > wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> The problem was first seen with > R/Sweave > > (#c0) > > > then > > > >> reproduced directly with cairo (#c10) and > was > > > eventually > > > >> traced to freetype. The 5-part bug fix: > > > >>> > 610ee58e07090ead529849b2a454bb6c503b4995 > > > >>> > da11e5e7647b668dee46fd0418ea5ecbc33ae3b2 > > > >>> > e1a2ac1900f2f16ec48fb4840a6b7965a8373c2b > > > >>> > 869fb8c49ddf292d6daf4826172a308973d3e11f > > > >>> > d56e544d653b09c657911629557ffc5277a503e3 > > > >>> was committed to freetype in January > and > > will > > > form the > > > >> next release (2.4.12). They were back > ported > > to > > > 2.4.11 > > > >>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891457#c35 > > > >>> and the redhat people had further > > back-ported > > > it to > > > >> 2.4.10 for fedora 18/19 (#c51). > > > >>> > > > >>> The freetype people had reproduced > the > > problem > > > with a > > > >> latin font, so this affects most people, > > unlike > > > what the > > > >> initial report (#c0) suggests. > > > >>> > > > >>> Since freetype is part of X11, most > > unix/linux > > > users > > > >> would be understandably nervous about > breaking > > X > > > (see #c45 > > > >> for screenshot of broken gnome terminal!) > and > > > should wait up > > > >> to a year before the new and > not-yet-released > > > 2.4.12 becomes > > > >> an official upgrade; or contact their > > favourite > > > unix vendors > > > >> and/or Apple for upgrades. AFAIK, > current > > > up-to-date linux > > > >> distributions ships the rather older > 2.4.10, > > with > > > the > > > >> exception of fedora 18/19 (#c51). Mac OS > X > > 10.5 > > > ships > > > >> freetype 2.3.5 as part of X11; I haven't > > bother > > > looking up > > > >> later Mac OS X's. > > > >>> > > > >>> The official R binaries for windows > and > > mac OS > > > X are > > > >> compiled against static libraries of > cairo > > 1.10.2 > > > (over 2 > > > >> years old), and cairo 1.11.2 and > freetype > > 2.4.4 > > > >> respectively, and are firmly in the "do > not > > work > > > correctly" > > > >> category. > > > >>> > > > >>> The long and short of the story is > that > > > R/Sweave uses a > > > >> feature of cairo which wasn't > implemented > > before > > > cairo > > > >> 1.11.2 (#c13, Jan 2011), which in turn > depends > > on a > > > feature > > > >> of freetype that has been around since > 2005 > > but did > > > not > > > >> anticipate cairo's usage. It is > commendable > > that > > > the > > > >> freetype people did not refer to cairo's > usage > > as > > > "misuse" > > > >> but took the patience to address the > problem, > > > unlike some > > > >> group's style. > > > >>> > > > >>> It has been an interesting few > months > > returning > > > to > > > >> freetype after about 17 years, I think. > > > >>> > > > >>> Here is how to look up what version > of > > freetype > > > - > > > >> libfreetype.so.x.y.z for most unix > platforms, > > and > > > >> /usr/X11/lib/libfreetype.x.y.z.dylib on > Mac OS > > X: > > > >>> > > > >>> (excerpt from docs/VERSION.DLL) > > > >>> > > > >>>? ? ? version??? > > > >> x.y.z???date of release > > > >>>? ? ? 2.4.11 > > > >>? ? 6.10.0? Dec 2012 > > > >>>? ? ? 2.4.10 > > > >>? ? 6.9.0???June 2012 > > > >>>? ? ? 2.4.9? > > > ??? > > > >> 6.8.1???March 2012 > > > >>> ... > > > >>>? ? ? 2.4.4? > > > ??? > > > >> 6.6.2???Nov 2010? (official R > > > mac > > > >> binaries) > > > >>> ... > > > >>>? ? ? 2.3.5? > > > ??? > > > >> 6.3.16? July 2007 (Mac OS X 10.5) > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > ______________________________________________ > > > >>> R-devel at r-project.org > > > >> mailing list > > > >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> Peter Dalgaard, Professor, > > > >> Center for Statistics, Copenhagen > Business > > School > > > >> Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, > Denmark > > > >> Phone: (+45)38153501 > > > >> Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk > > > >> Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > ______________________________________________ > > > >> R-devel at r-project.org > > > mailing list > > > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > >