Build problem with node-4.1.2 (problem with freetype dependency ?)

[bsergean]

$ npm install fontpath --save-dev
\
> freetype2@0.2.0 install /Users/bsergean/src/webgl-surfacemeshfile-viewer/node_modules/fontpath/node_modules/freetype2
> node-gyp rebuild

  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/base/ftsystem.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/base/ftinit.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/base/ftdebug.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/base/ftbase.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/base/ftbbox.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/base/ftglyph.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/base/ftbdf.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/base/ftbitmap.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/base/ftcid.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/base/ftfstype.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/base/ftgasp.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/base/ftgxval.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/base/ftlcdfil.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/base/ftmm.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/base/ftotval.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/base/ftpatent.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/base/ftpfr.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/base/ftstroke.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/base/ftsynth.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/base/fttype1.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/base/ftwinfnt.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/base/ftxf86.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/bdf/bdf.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/cff/cff.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/cid/type1cid.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/pcf/pcf.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/pfr/pfr.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/sfnt/sfnt.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/truetype/truetype.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/type1/type1.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/type42/type42.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/winfonts/winfnt.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/raster/raster.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/smooth/smooth.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/autofit/autofit.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/cache/ftcache.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/gzip/ftgzip.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/lzw/ftlzw.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/bzip2/ftbzip2.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/gxvalid/gxvalid.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/otvalid/otvalid.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/psaux/psaux.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/pshinter/pshinter.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/psnames/psnames.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/libfreetype/vendor/freetype/src/base/ftmac.o
  LIBTOOL-STATIC Release/freetype.a
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/freetype2/src/init.o
In file included from ../src/init.cc:1:
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:339:13: error: no member named 'New' in 'v8::String'
    return  _NAN_ERROR(v8::Exception::Error, errmsg);
            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:319:50: note: expanded from macro '_NAN_ERROR'
# define _NAN_ERROR(fun, errmsg) fun(v8::String::New(errmsg))
                                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~^
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:343:5: error: no member named 'ThrowException' in namespace 'v8'
    _NAN_THROW_ERROR(v8::Exception::Error, errmsg);
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:324:11: note: expanded from macro '_NAN_THROW_ERROR'
      v8::ThrowException(_NAN_ERROR(fun, errmsg));                             \
      ~~~~^
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:343:5: error: no member named 'New' in 'v8::String'
    _NAN_THROW_ERROR(v8::Exception::Error, errmsg);
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:324:26: note: expanded from macro '_NAN_THROW_ERROR'
      v8::ThrowException(_NAN_ERROR(fun, errmsg));                             \
                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:319:50: note: expanded from macro '_NAN_ERROR'
# define _NAN_ERROR(fun, errmsg) fun(v8::String::New(errmsg))
                                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~^
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:348:9: error: no type named 'ThrowException' in namespace 'v8'
    v8::ThrowException(error);
    ~~~~^
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:355:65: error: no member named 'New' in 'v8::String'
    v8::Local<v8::Value> err = v8::Exception::Error(v8::String::New(msg));
                                                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~^
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:357:26: error: no member named 'New' in 'v8::String'
    obj->Set(v8::String::New("code"), v8::Int32::New(errorNumber));
             ~~~~~~~~~~~~^
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:369:12: error: no member named 'New' in 'v8::String'
    return _NAN_ERROR(v8::Exception::TypeError, errmsg);
           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:319:50: note: expanded from macro '_NAN_ERROR'
# define _NAN_ERROR(fun, errmsg) fun(v8::String::New(errmsg))
                                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~^
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:373:5: error: no member named 'ThrowException' in namespace 'v8'
    _NAN_THROW_ERROR(v8::Exception::TypeError, errmsg);
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:324:11: note: expanded from macro '_NAN_THROW_ERROR'
      v8::ThrowException(_NAN_ERROR(fun, errmsg));                             \
      ~~~~^
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:373:5: error: no member named 'New' in 'v8::String'
    _NAN_THROW_ERROR(v8::Exception::TypeError, errmsg);
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:324:26: note: expanded from macro '_NAN_THROW_ERROR'
      v8::ThrowException(_NAN_ERROR(fun, errmsg));                             \
                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:319:50: note: expanded from macro '_NAN_ERROR'
# define _NAN_ERROR(fun, errmsg) fun(v8::String::New(errmsg))
                                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~^
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:377:12: error: no member named 'New' in 'v8::String'
    return _NAN_ERROR(v8::Exception::RangeError, errmsg);
           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:319:50: note: expanded from macro '_NAN_ERROR'
# define _NAN_ERROR(fun, errmsg) fun(v8::String::New(errmsg))
                                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~^
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:381:5: error: no member named 'ThrowException' in namespace 'v8'
    _NAN_THROW_ERROR(v8::Exception::RangeError, errmsg);
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:324:11: note: expanded from macro '_NAN_THROW_ERROR'
      v8::ThrowException(_NAN_ERROR(fun, errmsg));                             \
      ~~~~^
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:381:5: error: no member named 'New' in 'v8::String'
    _NAN_THROW_ERROR(v8::Exception::RangeError, errmsg);
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:324:26: note: expanded from macro '_NAN_THROW_ERROR'
      v8::ThrowException(_NAN_ERROR(fun, errmsg));                             \
                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:319:50: note: expanded from macro '_NAN_ERROR'
# define _NAN_ERROR(fun, errmsg) fun(v8::String::New(errmsg))
                                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~^
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:406:13: error: no member named 'smalloc' in namespace 'node'
    , node::smalloc::FreeCallback callback
      ~~~~~~^
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:141:71: note: expanded from macro 'NAN_INLINE'
# define NAN_INLINE(declarator) inline __attribute__((always_inline)) declarator
                                                                      ^
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:416:12: error: no matching function for call to 'New'
    return node::Buffer::New(data, size);
           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/Users/bsergean/.node-gyp/4.1.2/include/node/node_buffer.h:28:40: note: candidate function not viable: no
      known conversion from 'char *' to 'v8::Isolate *' for 1st argument
NODE_EXTERN v8::MaybeLocal<v8::Object> New(v8::Isolate* isolate, size_t length);
                                       ^
/Users/bsergean/.node-gyp/4.1.2/include/node/node_buffer.h:31:40: note: candidate function not viable: no
      known conversion from 'char *' to 'v8::Isolate *' for 1st argument
NODE_EXTERN v8::MaybeLocal<v8::Object> New(v8::Isolate* isolate,
                                       ^
/Users/bsergean/.node-gyp/4.1.2/include/node/node_buffer.h:36:40: note: candidate function not viable:
      requires 5 arguments, but 2 were provided
NODE_EXTERN v8::MaybeLocal<v8::Object> New(v8::Isolate* isolate,
                                       ^
/Users/bsergean/.node-gyp/4.1.2/include/node/node_buffer.h:43:40: note: candidate function not viable:
      requires 3 arguments, but 2 were provided
NODE_EXTERN v8::MaybeLocal<v8::Object> New(v8::Isolate* isolate,
                                       ^
In file included from ../src/init.cc:1:
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:420:12: error: no matching function for call to 'New'
    return node::Buffer::New(size);
           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/Users/bsergean/.node-gyp/4.1.2/include/node/node_buffer.h:28:40: note: candidate function not viable:
      requires 2 arguments, but 1 was provided
NODE_EXTERN v8::MaybeLocal<v8::Object> New(v8::Isolate* isolate, size_t length);
                                       ^
/Users/bsergean/.node-gyp/4.1.2/include/node/node_buffer.h:31:40: note: candidate function not viable:
      requires at least 2 arguments, but 1 was provided
NODE_EXTERN v8::MaybeLocal<v8::Object> New(v8::Isolate* isolate,
                                       ^
/Users/bsergean/.node-gyp/4.1.2/include/node/node_buffer.h:36:40: note: candidate function not viable:
      requires 5 arguments, but 1 was provided
NODE_EXTERN v8::MaybeLocal<v8::Object> New(v8::Isolate* isolate,
                                       ^
/Users/bsergean/.node-gyp/4.1.2/include/node/node_buffer.h:43:40: note: candidate function not viable:
      requires 3 arguments, but 1 was provided
NODE_EXTERN v8::MaybeLocal<v8::Object> New(v8::Isolate* isolate,
                                       ^
In file included from ../src/init.cc:1:
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:427:26: error: no member named 'Use' in namespace 'node::Buffer'
    return node::Buffer::Use(data, size);
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:727:49: error: too few arguments to function call, single argument 'isolate' was not
      specified
    v8::Local<v8::Object> obj = v8::Object::New();
                                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^
/Users/bsergean/.node-gyp/4.1.2/include/node/v8.h:2933:3: note: 'New' declared here
  static Local<Object> New(Isolate* isolate);
  ^
In file included from ../src/init.cc:1:
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:733:49: error: too few arguments to function call, single argument 'isolate' was not
      specified
    v8::Local<v8::Object> obj = v8::Object::New();
                                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^
/Users/bsergean/.node-gyp/4.1.2/include/node/v8.h:2933:3: note: 'New' declared here
  static Local<Object> New(Isolate* isolate);
  ^
In file included from ../src/init.cc:1:
../node_modules/nan/nan.h:740:12: error: no member named 'Dispose' in 'v8::Persistent<v8::Object,
      v8::NonCopyablePersistentTraits<v8::Object> >'
    handle.Dispose();
    ~~~~~~ ^
fatal error: too many errors emitted, stopping now [-ferror-limit=]
20 errors generated.
make: *** [Release/obj.target/freetype2/src/init.o] Error 1

[mattdesl]

Hmm sadly, this depends on a fork of node-freetype2 to implement font outlines and some other features. I believe the latest version of node-freetype2 now supports the latest Node, since it's using nan, but my fork is probably lagging behind quite a bit. Ideally I would clean up the path code and PR it into the original node-freetype2 module to get things working in the new Node version.

Until then, you might be stuck using an old version of node for this. Sorry!

[bsergean]

Ah I see. Thanks for the info. I'll try to use an older version. I'm trying to create a typeface.js font to be used with three.js (3D Text)

Do you think it would make any sense to change the package.json to state that v-4.1.2 is not supported (yet) ?

[tomasdev]

@mattdesl could we run https://help.github.com/articles/syncing-a-fork/ onto your fork ?

[MatthewTrout]

+1

[MatthewTrout]

@mattdesl quite keen to make use of this library but since it's not in a usable state currently, is there anything I can do to help out? There doesn't seem to be anything else out there that does what this library does!

[duhaime]

@MatthewTrout if you're still working at this, you could use Node version 0.10.48 to use this library...