diff -uprw /home/otaylor/cvs/gnome2/pango-head/pango/opentype/ftxgpos.c ./opentype-munge/ftxgpos.c
--- /home/otaylor/cvs/gnome2/pango-head/pango/opentype/ftxgpos.c	2003-07-25 12:59:44.000000000 -0400
+++ ./opentype-munge/ftxgpos.c	2003-07-25 12:55:55.000000000 -0400
@@ -2811,20 +2818,16 @@
 
     lat = &la->LigatureAttach[lig_index];
 
-    /* We must now check whether the ligature ID of the current mark glyph
-       is identical to the ligature ID of the found ligature.  If yes, we
-       can directly use the component index.  If not, we attach the mark
-       glyph to the last component of the ligature.                        */
+    /* Use the component id if defined. If not we simply attach the
+       mark glyph to the last component of the ligature */
 
-    if ( in->ligIDs && in->components &&
-         in->ligIDs[j] == in->ligIDs[in->pos] )
-    {
-      comp_index = in->components[in->pos];
+    comp_index = in->glyph_properties[in->pos].component;
+
+    // ###### why the hell doesn't this compile?
+//     if (comp_index == MAX_COMPONENT_INDEX)
+// 	comp_index = lat->ComponentCount - 1;
       if ( comp_index >= lat->ComponentCount )
         return TTO_Err_Not_Covered;
-    }
-    else
-      comp_index = lat->ComponentCount - 1;
 
     cr         = &lat->ComponentRecord[comp_index];
     lig_anchor = &cr->LigatureAnchor[class];