Re: font problems with xpdf and gv
> Igor Pechtchanski writes: > On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Dr. Volker Zell wrote: >> > Igor Pechtchanski writes: >> >> > setup is somehow failing in its dependency tracking. Alternatively, >> > why not make 'gv' invoke '/usr/X11R6/bin/gs' explicitly, instead of >> > searching for it in the PATH? >> >> I'm not sure, there was talk before that eventually the /usr/X11R6/ >> hierarchy will disappear. > This is still a long way off, apparently, and the users are having gv > problems now. Also, when this finally does happen, lots of things will > need to be changed (gv not being the only one), so you'd be able to > release a new version of gv then. Or, you could discuss with the > maintainer of ghostscript-x11 what the /usr/X11R6/bin/gs executable will > be called when it's moved to /usr/bin (e.g., "gs-x11"); add a postinstall > script to the "gv" package that will conditionally create a > /usr/bin/gs-x11 symlink to /usr/X11R6/bin/gs, and use that name even now > (that way, when the switch happens, the symlink won't be created and the > real /usr/bin/gs-x11 executable will be used automatically). Okidoki, this sounds fine... > Igor Ciao Volker -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: font problems with xpdf and gv
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Dr. Volker Zell wrote: > > Igor Pechtchanski writes: > > > setup is somehow failing in its dependency tracking. Alternatively, > > why not make 'gv' invoke '/usr/X11R6/bin/gs' explicitly, instead of > > searching for it in the PATH? > > I'm not sure, there was talk before that eventually the /usr/X11R6/ > hierarchy will disappear. This is still a long way off, apparently, and the users are having gv problems now. Also, when this finally does happen, lots of things will need to be changed (gv not being the only one), so you'd be able to release a new version of gv then. Or, you could discuss with the maintainer of ghostscript-x11 what the /usr/X11R6/bin/gs executable will be called when it's moved to /usr/bin (e.g., "gs-x11"); add a postinstall script to the "gv" package that will conditionally create a /usr/bin/gs-x11 symlink to /usr/X11R6/bin/gs, and use that name even now (that way, when the switch happens, the symlink won't be created and the real /usr/bin/gs-x11 executable will be used automatically). Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "Happiness lies in being privileged to work hard for long hours in doing whatever you think is worth doing." -- Dr. Jubal Harshaw -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: font problems with xpdf and gv
> Igor Pechtchanski writes: > setup is somehow failing in its dependency tracking. Alternatively, why > not make 'gv' invoke '/usr/X11R6/bin/gs' explicitly, instead of searching > for it in the PATH? I'm not sure, there was talk before that eventually the /usr/X11R6/ hierarchy will disappear. > Igor Ciao Volker -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: font problems with xpdf and gv
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Dr. Volker Zell wrote: > > Yaakov Selkowitz writes: > > > Dr. Volker Zell wrote: > >> Make sure you have the x11 version of ghostscript installed. > > > It's about time this is added to the FAQ, don't you think? > > I'm also thinking about releasing a new version of gv with a new > README, if it helps. Since 'gv' requires 'ghostscript-x11', any particular reason for it to not be installed? I understand the PATH issues, and /etc/profile.d/00xorg-x11-base.sh *SHOULD* be fixed to move /usr/X11R6/bin to the front of the PATH (or, at any rate, before /usr/bin), but comments like "gv doesn't work, so install ghostscript-x11" make me think that setup is somehow failing in its dependency tracking. Alternatively, why not make 'gv' invoke '/usr/X11R6/bin/gs' explicitly, instead of searching for it in the PATH? Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "Happiness lies in being privileged to work hard for long hours in doing whatever you think is worth doing." -- Dr. Jubal Harshaw -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: font problems with xpdf and gv
> Yaakov Selkowitz writes: > Dr. Volker Zell wrote: >> Make sure you have the x11 version of ghostscript installed. > It's about time this is added to the FAQ, don't you think? I'm also thinking about releasing a new version of gv with a new README, if it helps. > Yaakov Ciao Volker -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: font problems with xpdf and gv
Dr. Volker Zell wrote: Make sure you have the x11 version of ghostscript installed. It's about time this is added to the FAQ, don't you think? Yaakov -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
