--- "Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) wrote: > I have been working on packaging the new, modular X11R7.0 for Cygwin for > the last few weeks.
Mega-gold-stars for you! > > SECOND, the following packages install into /usr/X11R6. These should be > repackaged into /usr ASAP after the X11R7.0 upgrade: [...] > ghostscript-x11 [2] OK [...] > [2] ghostscript currently provides two sets of executables; a non-X > version in /usr and an X version in /usr/X11R6. What is the reasoning > for this, and is it really necessary? It is necessary if you want to have a ghostscript version that does not depend on X. Maybe this will be less important now, with the modular X, but I suspect it is still important. ghostscript functions just fine as a command-line filter, so many folks would prefer to have the non-X version. The X version has the additional capability to write a bitmap rendering to an X client - I think that is about the only difference. I'll take a look at how Debian or Ubuntu handle it, and see if I can shamelessly copy their ideas. Jim Phillips
