From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 30 10:12:56 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C15C867E for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2012 10:12:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller23@insightbb.com) Received: from mail.insightbb.com (smtp3.insight.synacor.com [208.47.185.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B09D8FC0C for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2012 10:12:55 +0000 (UTC) X_CMAE_Category: 0,0 Undefined,Undefined X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=I9Hntacg c=1 sm=0 a=Dm9TOXL4taQ+Gy1KovpL+A==:17 a=uaA7yf009PcA:10 a=jLN7EqiLvroA:10 a=9YQ-1ebCAAAA:8 a=603LP9aKJ9AA:10 a=OF-y4GQzvAE3B_gg3NgA:9 a=Dm9TOXL4taQ+Gy1KovpL+A==:117 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine Authentication-Results: smtp01.insight.synacor.com header.from=mueller23@insightbb.com; sender-id=softfail Authentication-Results: smtp01.insight.synacor.com smtp.mail=mueller23@insightbb.com; spf=softfail; sender-id=softfail Received-SPF: softfail (smtp01.insight.synacor.com: transitional domain insightbb.com does not designate 74.130.198.7 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.130.198.7] ([74.130.198.7:46109] helo=localhost) by mail.insightbb.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.49 r(42060/42061)) with ESMTP id AE/74-17091-0A310E05; Sun, 30 Dec 2012 05:12:49 -0500 Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 05:12:48 -0500 Message-ID: From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stumbling block on updating devel/doxygen X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 10:12:56 -0000 > As the maintainer of devel/doxygen, I am trying to update the port to 1.8.3. > But I am running into an error upon it trying to create it's docs. This > appears to be due to the version of latex we use from teTeX being too old. > The problem is that it is failing on creating a .dvi version of the manual > in order to create a .ps version of it. The creation of the .pdf version of > the manual appears to be fine, but the creation of the other two appears to > be specific to the FreeBSD port, and was being done prior to my taking over > the port. > What I need to know is if there is actually a demand for the .dvi/.ps > versions of the doxygen manual. I have been receiving some help from > doxygen's developer, but considering that this problem isn't in an > unmodified version of doxygen, I would prefer to stop supplying the .dvi/.ps > files. > Thanks, > Naram Qashat I think most modern printers handle .pdf files, and a package/port like xpdf can read .pdf files without printing. I don't see .dvi/.ps files as useful, more of a nuisance, but maybe some people have use for .dvi files with various versions of TeX? Tom