[Bug 1319642] [NEW] Inconsistent include paths in libfreetype6-dev between 14.04 and previous releases

[Martin Schaller]

Public bug reported:

Hi,

the include path of libfreetype6-dev has changed between 14.04 and
previous releases.

On 13.10:
$ pkg-config --cflags freetype2
-I/usr/include/freetype2
$  ls /usr/include/freetype2
freetype

so the application used to include <freetype/freetype.h>

On 14.04:
$ pkg-config --cflags freetype2
-I/usr/include/freetype2
(same result)
$ ls /usr/include/freetype2
config      ftbzip2.h     ftglyph.h   ftmac.h ...
(so the stuff used to be in the freetype subdirectory is now in the include path given by pkg-config)

so the application needs now to include <freetype.h>, but this makes it
incompatible to previous versions.

Of course one could change to add a second search path to the c compiler
including freetype and change the application to include <freetype.h>
only, but this isn't exactly nice, and I think the current layout is a
mistake.

Best regards,

Martin Schaller

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: libfreetype6-dev 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.1
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed May 14 22:08:20 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-24 (20 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140417)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: freetype
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: freetype (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 trusty

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Title:
  Inconsistent include paths in libfreetype6-dev between 14.04 and
  previous releases

Status in “freetype” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi,

  the include path of libfreetype6-dev has changed between 14.04 and
  previous releases.

  On 13.10:
  $ pkg-config --cflags freetype2
  -I/usr/include/freetype2
  $  ls /usr/include/freetype2
  freetype

  so the application used to include <freetype/freetype.h>

  On 14.04:
  $ pkg-config --cflags freetype2
  -I/usr/include/freetype2
  (same result)
  $ ls /usr/include/freetype2
  config      ftbzip2.h     ftglyph.h   ftmac.h ...
  (so the stuff used to be in the freetype subdirectory is now in the include path given by pkg-config)

  so the application needs now to include <freetype.h>, but this makes
  it incompatible to previous versions.

  Of course one could change to add a second search path to the c
  compiler including freetype and change the application to include
  <freetype.h> only, but this isn't exactly nice, and I think the
  current layout is a mistake.

  Best regards,

  Martin Schaller

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: libfreetype6-dev 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.1
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed May 14 22:08:20 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-24 (20 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140417)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: freetype
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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