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Update FreeType to 2.14.1 on macOS and Linux wheels #9217

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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion .github/workflows/wheels-dependencies.sh
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Expand Up @@ -93,7 +93,11 @@ ARCHIVE_SDIR=pillow-depends-main
# Package versions for fresh source builds. Version numbers with "Patched"
# annotations have a source code patch that is required for some platforms. If
# you change those versions, ensure the patch is also updated.
FREETYPE_VERSION=2.13.3
if [[ -n "$IOS_SDK" ]]; then
FREETYPE_VERSION=2.13.3
else
FREETYPE_VERSION=2.14.1
fi
HARFBUZZ_VERSION=11.5.0
LIBPNG_VERSION=1.6.50
JPEGTURBO_VERSION=3.1.2
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if [[ -n "$IS_MACOS" ]]; then
# Custom freetype build
if [[ -z "$IOS_SDK" ]]; then
build_simple sed 4.9 https://mirrors.middlendian.com/gnu/sed
fi
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freetype 2.14.0 introduced a bug where libpng is not always correctly detected - https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/issues/1358. A workaround described in that issue is to use gnu-sed.

build_simple freetype $FREETYPE_VERSION https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype tar.gz --with-harfbuzz=no
else
build_freetype
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