Re: Whether andhHow to choose pkg freetype2 over base?

[nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 02:50:13PM +0530, Mayuresh wrote:
> Trying to build fonts/fontconfig (in connection with some of the errors I
> reported)
> 
> configure: error: Package requirements (freetype2 >= 21.0.15) were not
> met:                               
> 
> pkg freetype2 is installed, but config log shows it is picking up
> freetype2 from base (e.g. -I/usr/X11R7/include/freetype2).
> 
> Firstly, is base freetype2 not meeting above criteria so that one must use
> one from pkg. And if yes, what's the way to tell pkgsrc to do so?
> 
> -- 
> Mayuresh

It sounds like your system is already messed up. fontconfig should
be supplied through native X, mixing them probably isn't a good idea.

I'd advise tryng to find the actual source of your problem rather than
trying to fix the workarounds.