Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 05:12:48 -0500 From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller23@insightbb.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stumbling block on updating devel/doxygen Message-ID: <AE.74.17091.0A310E05@smtp01.insight.synacor.com>
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> 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
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