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Old 07-22-2021, 01:12 AM   #1
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current: freetype-2.11.0 regression


The recent freetype upgrade in current breaks font rendering in certain programs (alacritty).
I downgraded to 2.10.4 for the moment.

Here is the link to the upstream bug report:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freet.../-/issues/1076
 
Old 08-20-2021, 08:43 PM   #2
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Looks like this was fixed today.
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freet...b96616460bb84e
 
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Old 08-21-2021, 02:30 PM   #3
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Just updated in -current:
Quote:
Sat Aug 21 18:57:13 UTC 2021
a/upower-0.99.13-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/xfsprogs-5.13.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/freetype-2.11.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Restore quiet no-op rendering of bitmap glyphs.
+--------------------------+
 
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Old 08-22-2021, 12:09 PM   #4
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