Re: why is cairo with pdf and postscript backend mandatory?

[Sergei Steshenko <sergstesh yahoo com>]

--- On Tue, 2/24/09, zentara <zentara1 sbcglobal net> wrote:

> From: zentara <zentara1 sbcglobal net>
> Subject: Re: why is cairo with pdf and postscript backend mandatory?
> To: gtk-list gnome org
> Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 7:41 AM
> On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:52:23 +0900
> nazgul33 <nazgul33 gmail com> wrote:
> 
> 
> >Why pdf/ps backends are mandatory?
> >Does anybody know which version of GTK+ source
> distribution has no such
> >restriction?
> >What can I do to remove the restriction if i have to
> you recent GTK+?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Steven.
> 
> I thought about that myself, ...why does glib need a
> graphic lib?
> 
> My only guess, and I'm no expert, is that the the low
> level gdk windows need it?
> 
> zentara
> 
> 
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PDF backend is not mandatory - I've been building without it for years.

Regards,
  Sergei.