Re: [ft] Howto compile Freetype on cygwin shared

[Daniela Duerbeck]

Hi Werner!

> Which FreeType version?  We use libtool, and recent versions should
> work for cygwin too, AFAIK.

Freetype 2.1.10
> > But since I am using an old version of freetype, I'd like to know
> > how to obtain a newer one.

Via Cygwin I get 2.1.9-1
> There are two different libraries: The old FreeType 1 which is no
> longer maintained, and the new FreeType 2, with 2.1.10 as the current
> version.  You can download it from freetype.org.

I didnt't find binaries there for cygwin, so I tried to compile them 
myself and there I fail: I can just build the static libraries but not 
the shared ones. I use configure - make.
How can I use libtool?

Thanks a lot in advance,
Dani