From e0ffcc655e5965393c4520c47866526d1d3620d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Manuel Giraud Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 14:04:48 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] No more color emoji issue on OpenBSD 7.8 and later (bug#79768) Since version OpenBSD 7.8, its FreeType library supports color emoji out of the box. See https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/xenocara/lib/freetype/include/freetype/config/ftoption.h?rev=1.32&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup. --- etc/PROBLEMS | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index ca06ce98d04..517ca2616ea 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@ Emacs will select some other font instead. The only workaround is not to choose such font variants as the default font when running Emacs on MS-Windows. -** On OpenBSD, color Emoji are not supported by default. +** On OpenBSD before version 7.8, color Emoji are not supported by default. The system's FreeType library is not built with libpng support, so it can't display color emoji. This is due to the fact that, on OpenBSD, @@ -1324,6 +1324,7 @@ following those steps: 5. Build and install Xenocara (also, see release(8)). Note that this support will be gone after each OpenBSD's system upgrade. +Also note that upgrading to OpenBSD 7.8 solves this whole issue. * Internationalization problems