Can someone please review the final changes for integration of latest version of Ghostscript (8.64) ?
If everything looks fine then this can be integrated in snv_123. Regards, Sonam > Sonam Gupta wrote: >> We will be upgrading to Ghostscript 8.70 after integration for 8.64 >> is done. Due to the change in license for 8.70 it might take lot of >> time to upgrade to 8.70 at present. Ghostscript 8.64 is needed in >> SolarisNext. >> >> Regards, >> Sonam >> Steven M. Christensen wrote: >>> The latest stable release of Ghostscript is now 8.70. The freshmeat >>> page at >>> >>> http://freshmeat.net/projects/ghostscript >>> >>> describes the new bits. The main changes seem to be - as listed - >>> >>> Changes: The license is now GPLv3 or later. A large number of issues >>> with transparency were fixed. Several significant fixes to font >>> handling, especially when generating PDF, were made.... Numerous >>> robustness, correctness, and performance improvements were made. >>> Security fixes addressing CVE-2009-0583 and CVE-2009-0792 were made. >>> New generic Esc/Page devices, eplmono and eplcolor, were added, as >>> well as the cdnj500 device to support the HP DesignJet 500. The size >>> of PostScript integers was limited to 32 bits, as recommended in the >>> specification. >>> >>> >>> GPL3 is surely an issue that might prevent moving to this. The >>> security fixes might also be important. >>> >>> >>> Steve C. >>> >>> Sonam Gupta wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Please review the latest changes made for Ghostscript 8.64 >>>> integration. >>>> >>>> Previous Webrev >>>> ------------- >>>> http://cr.opensolaris.org/~sonam007/ghostscript_lates/ >>>> >>>> Latest Webrev >>>> ----------- >>>> http://cr.opensolaris.org/~sonam007/webrev/ >>>> >>>> In the latest changes two patches have been introduced. Both these >>>> patches are required for Japanese locales. >>>> >>>> usr/src/cmd/ghostscript/Patches/4732635,5033581.patch >>>> usr/src/cmd/ghostscript/Patches/6360710,6360803.patch >>>> >>>> 4732635,5033581.patch >>>> ----------------- >>>> Without this patch ghostscript does not work with Japanese ttf >>>> fonts. It cribs for certain Japanese fonts >>>> >>>> Can't find (or can't open) font file >>>> /usr/share/ghostscript/8.63/Resource/Font/Ryumin-Light-EUC-V. >>>> Can't find (or can't open) font file Ryumin-Light-EUC-V. >>>> Querying operating system for font files... >>>> Can't find (or can't open) font file >>>> /usr/share/ghostscript/8.63/Resource/Font/Ryumin-Light-EUC-V. >>>> Can't find (or can't open) font file Ryumin-Light-EUC-V. >>>> Didn't find this font on the system! >>>> Substituting font Courier for Ryumin-Light-EUC-V. >>>> >>>> 6360710,6360803.patch >>>> ------------------ >>>> Without this patch certain characters are rotated 90 degrees when >>>> viewing Japanese PostScript. >>>> >>>> Thanks & Regards, >>>> Sonam >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> sfwnv-discuss mailing list >>>> sfwnv-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/sfwnv-discuss >>>> >> >
