--- /dev/null
+From 923ce72409f184bd8e8c61b196260891036ba87e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Antony Lee <anntzer.lee@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 15:27:55 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Simplify version checks for freetype and libpng.
+
+Currently, setupext.py replicates a lot of work done by the compiler to
+check whether header files are present, and whether freetype and libpng
+have sufficiently recent versions.
+
+Instead, we can just add a small stub source file at the top of the
+extension sources which just tries to include the header and checks the
+version macros. If the header is not found, compilation will
+immediately abort with `foo.h: No such file or directory`; if the
+version is too old, we can emit an appropriate error message (`#pragma
+message` is supported by all major compilers and allows expanding of
+macros in the error message).
+
+[Retrieved from:
+https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/commit/d1060a885309ec7ac19ca912d3011a5eb1673bd5]
+Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
+---
+ setupext.py | 83 +++++-----------------------------------
+ src/checkdep_freetype2.c | 13 +++++++
+ src/checkdep_libpng.c | 5 +++
+ 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)
+ create mode 100644 src/checkdep_freetype2.c
+ create mode 100644 src/checkdep_libpng.c
+
+diff --git a/setupext.py b/setupext.py
+index d5f4b81f562..a5163e39288 100644
+--- a/setupext.py
++++ b/setupext.py
+@@ -814,6 +814,13 @@ def add_flags(self, ext, add_sources=True):
+ for x in agg_sources)
+
+
++# For FreeType2 and libpng, we add a separate checkdep_foo.c source to at the
++# top of the extension sources. This file is compiled first and immediately
++# aborts the compilation either with "foo.h: No such file or directory" if the
++# header is not found, or an appropriate error message if the header indicates
++# a too-old version.
++
++
+ class FreeType(SetupPackage):
+ name = "freetype"
+ pkg_names = {
+@@ -825,59 +832,8 @@ class FreeType(SetupPackage):
+ "windows_url": "http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/freetype.htm"
+ }
+
+- def check(self):
+- if options.get('local_freetype'):
+- return "Using local version for testing"
+-
+- if sys.platform == 'win32':
+- try:
+- check_include_file(get_include_dirs(), 'ft2build.h', 'freetype')
+- except CheckFailed:
+- check_include_file(get_include_dirs(), os.path.join('freetype2', 'ft2build.h'), 'freetype')
+- return 'Using unknown version found on system.'
+-
+- status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput(
+- "freetype-config --ftversion")
+- if status == 0:
+- version = output
+- else:
+- version = None
+-
+- # Early versions of freetype grep badly inside freetype-config,
+- # so catch those cases. (tested with 2.5.3).
+- if version is None or 'No such file or directory\ngrep:' in version:
+- version = self.version_from_header()
+-
+- # pkg_config returns the libtool version rather than the
+- # freetype version so we need to explicitly pass the version
+- # to _check_for_pkg_config
+- return self._check_for_pkg_config(
+- 'freetype2', 'ft2build.h',
+- min_version='2.3', version=version)
+-
+- def version_from_header(self):
+- version = 'unknown'
+- ext = self.get_extension()
+- if ext is None:
+- return version
+- # Return the first version found in the include dirs.
+- for include_dir in ext.include_dirs:
+- header_fname = os.path.join(include_dir, 'freetype.h')
+- if os.path.exists(header_fname):
+- major, minor, patch = 0, 0, 0
+- with open(header_fname, 'r') as fh:
+- for line in fh:
+- if line.startswith('#define FREETYPE_'):
+- value = line.rsplit(' ', 1)[1].strip()
+- if 'MAJOR' in line:
+- major = value
+- elif 'MINOR' in line:
+- minor = value
+- else:
+- patch = value
+- return '.'.join([major, minor, patch])
+-
+ def add_flags(self, ext):
++ ext.sources.insert(0, 'src/checkdep_freetype2.c')
+ if options.get('local_freetype'):
+ src_path = os.path.join(
+ 'build', 'freetype-{0}'.format(LOCAL_FREETYPE_VERSION))
+@@ -1058,30 +1014,11 @@ class Png(SetupPackage):
+ "windows_url": "http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libpng.htm"
+ }
+
+- def check(self):
+- if sys.platform == 'win32':
+- check_include_file(get_include_dirs(), 'png.h', 'png')
+- return 'Using unknown version found on system.'
+-
+- status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput("libpng-config --version")
+- if status == 0:
+- version = output
+- else:
+- version = None
+-
+- try:
+- return self._check_for_pkg_config(
+- 'libpng', 'png.h',
+- min_version='1.2', version=version)
+- except CheckFailed as e:
+- if has_include_file(get_include_dirs(), 'png.h'):
+- return str(e) + ' Using unknown version found on system.'
+- raise
+-
+ def get_extension(self):
+ sources = [
++ 'src/checkdep_libpng.c',
+ 'src/_png.cpp',
+- 'src/mplutils.cpp'
++ 'src/mplutils.cpp',
+ ]
+ ext = make_extension('matplotlib._png', sources)
+ pkg_config.setup_extension(
+diff --git a/src/checkdep_freetype2.c b/src/checkdep_freetype2.c
+new file mode 100644
+index 00000000000..bf9a8c94e38
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/src/checkdep_freetype2.c
+@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
++#include <ft2build.h>
++#include FT_FREETYPE_H
++
++#define XSTR(x) STR(x)
++#define STR(x) #x
++
++#pragma message("Compiling with FreeType version " \
++ XSTR(FREETYPE_MAJOR) "." XSTR(FREETYPE_MINOR) "." XSTR(FREETYPE_PATCH) ".")
++#if FREETYPE_MAJOR << 16 + FREETYPE_MINOR << 8 + FREETYPE_PATCH < 0x020300
++ #error "FreeType version 2.3 or higher is required." \
++ "Consider setting the MPLLOCALFREETYPE environment variable to 1."
++ #error
++#endif
+diff --git a/src/checkdep_libpng.c b/src/checkdep_libpng.c
+new file mode 100644
+index 00000000000..5ebe5cbe4d7
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/src/checkdep_libpng.c
+@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
++#include <png.h>
++#pragma message("Compiling with libpng version " PNG_LIBPNG_VER_STRING ".")
++#if PNG_LIBPNG_VER < 10200
++ #error "libpng version 1.2 or higher is required."
++#endif