[kde-linux] libXft

[David Baron]

> > Trying to compile several KDE applications need libXft.la and cannot find
> > it! I have re-installed libXft-dev with no avail. Anybody know what's
> > happening here. I have the .so's and .a, but no .la!
>
> I encountered this as well. Seems to be a packaging bug in the current
> Debian/SID package for libXft-dev
>
> I created a quick workaround file (see attachment) by copying libXrender.la
> and changing necessary fields.
>
> if you copy that to /usr/lib, remember to remove it before upgrading
> libXft-dev the next time to avoid conflicts during installation.

Yup. Easy enough, thanks.