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+Due to our use of `libtool' to generate and install the FreeType 2
+libraries on Unix systems, as well as other historical events, it is
+generally very difficult to know precisely which release of the font
+engine is installed on a given system.
+
+This file tries to explain why and to document ways to properly detect
+FreeType on Unix.
+
+
+1. Version and Release numbers
+------------------------------
+
+For each new public release of FreeType 2, there are generally *three*
+distinct `version' numbers to consider:
+
+ * The official FreeType 2 release number, like 2.0.9 or 2.1.3.
+
+ * The libtool (and Unix) specific version number, like 9.2.3. This is
+ what `freetype-config --version' returns.
+
+ * The platform-specific shared object number, used for example when
+ the library is installed as `/usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.3.2'.
+
+The platform-specific number is, unsurprisingly, platform-specific and
+varies with the operating system you are using (several variants of
+Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, etc.). You should thus _never_ use it, even
+for simple tests.
+
+The libtool-specific number does not equal the release number but is
+tied to it.
+
+The release number is available at *compile* time through the following
+macros defined in FT_FREETYPE_H:
+
+ - FREETYPE_MAJOR: major release number
+ - FREETYPE_MINOR: minor release number
+ - FREETYPE_PATCH: patch release number
+
+See below for a small autoconf fragment.
+
+The release number is also available at *runtime* through the
+`FT_Library_Version' API. Unfortunately, this one wasn't available or
+working correctly before the 2.1.3 official release.
+
+
+2. History
+----------
+
+The following table gives, for each official release, the corresponding
+libtool number, as well as the shared object number found on _most_
+systems, but not all of them:
+
+
+ release libtool so
+ -------------------------------
+ 2.3.9 9.20.3 6.3.20
+ 2.3.8 9.19.3 6.3.19
+ 2.3.7 9.18.3 6.3.18
+ 2.3.6 9.17.3 6.3.17
+ 2.3.5 9.16.3 6.3.16
+ 2.3.4 9.15.3 6.3.15
+ 2.3.3 9.14.3 6.3.14
+ 2.3.2 9.13.3 6.3.13
+ 2.3.1 9.12.3 6.3.12
+ 2.3.0 9.11.3 6.3.11
+ 2.2.1 9.10.3 6.3.10
+ 2.2.0 9.9.3 6.3.9
+ 2.1.10 9.8.3 6.3.8
+ 2.1.9 9.7.3 6.3.7
+ 2.1.8 9.6.3 6.3.6
+ 2.1.7 9.5.3 6.3.5
+ 2.1.6 9.5.3 6.3.5
+ 2.1.5 9.4.3 6.3.4
+ 2.1.4 9.3.3 6.3.3
+ 2.1.3 9.2.3 6.3.2
+ 2.1.2 9.1.3 6.3.1
+ 2.1.1 9.0.3 ?
+ 2.1.0 8.0.2 ?
+ 2.0.9 9.0.3 ?
+ 2.0.8 8.0.2 ?
+ 2.0.4 7.0.1 ?
+ 2.0.1 6.1.0 ?
+
+The libtool numbers are a bit inconsistent due to the library's history:
+
+ - 2.1.0 was created as a development branch from 2.0.8 (hence the same
+ libtool numbers).
+
+ - 2.0.9 was a bug-fix release of the `stable' branch, and we
+ incorrectly increased its libtool number.
+
+ - 2.1.4 was a development version, however it was stable enough to be
+ the basis of the 2.2.0 release.
+
+
+3. Autoconf Code Fragment
+-------------------------
+
+Lars Clausen contributed the following autoconf fragment to detect which
+version of FreeType is installed on a system. This one tests for a
+version that is at least 2.0.9; you should change it to check against
+other release numbers.
+
+
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether FreeType version is 2.0.9 or higher])
+ old_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
+ CPPFLAGS=`freetype-config --cflags`
+ AC_TRY_CPP([
+
+#include <ft2build.h>
+#include FT_FREETYPE_H
+#if (FREETYPE_MAJOR*1000 + FREETYPE_MINOR)*1000 + FREETYPE_PATCH < 2000009
+#error Freetype version too low.
+#endif
+ ],
+ [AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+ FREETYPE_LIBS=`freetype-config --libs`
+ AC_SUBST(FREETYPE_LIBS)
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_FREETYPE,1,[Define if you have the FreeType2 library])
+ CPPFLAGS="$old_CPPFLAGS"],
+ [AC_MSG_ERROR([Need FreeType library version 2.0.9 or higher])])
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Copyright 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 by
+David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.
+
+This file is part of the FreeType project, and may only be used,
+modified, and distributed under the terms of the FreeType project
+license, LICENSE.TXT. By continuing to use, modify, or distribute this
+file you indicate that you have read the license and understand and
+accept it fully.
+
+
+--- end of VERSION.DLL ---