Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 23:58:00 +0200 (MET DST) From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/print/ghostscript4 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.960730235137.338A-100000@klemm.gtn.com> In-Reply-To: <199607301640.SAA13836@vector.jhs.no_domain>
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On Tue, 30 Jul 1996, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
> Andreas, cc ports,
> Bug report for current ports/print/ghostscript4:
>
> Fonts are installed in /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts -rw-------
Well, I have rw-r--r-- here ... So what could be causing the
problem ... umask of root account ? 077 ?
> Thus if you install 'em you can get 'em, but if you invoke ghostview
> from a web browser, the font access fails.
Ok, if you have 600 then it's no wonder.
> Makefile has:
> GS_FONTS_STD= ghostscript-fonts-std-4.01.tar.gz
> pre-install:
> (cd ${PREFIX}/share/ghostscript ; \
> tar -xzf ${DISTDIR}/${GS_FONTS_STD})
>
> I only have ghostscript-fonts-std-4.0.tar.gz & its -rw------- in there,
> I'll fetch 4.0.1 next, but its big ...
-rw-r--r-- ghost/ftp 25994 28 Jun 20:35 1996 fonts/a010013l.pfb
-rw-r--r-- ghost/ftp 26980 28 Jun 20:35 1996 fonts/a010015l.pfb
-rw-r--r-- ghost/ftp 26882 28 Jun 20:35 1996 fonts/a010033l.pfb
...
> PS WIBNI: ideally for those of us with slow net access,
> ports/ stuff should use for instance 4.0 & then 4.0 + 4.0-4.1.diff,
> to reduce upgrade fetch traffic,
> but I don't know in the specific case of ghostscript
> if a diff was available (after all I'm not maintainer :-)
It depends on the package ... Many diffs may be larger than
fetching the new release.
> However if ports maintainers could use diffs where available,
> rather than pointing at new mega dists, it could help,
> (no complaint, just a WIBNI (Wouldn't It Be Nice If ...) :-)
I prefer clean packages. Should be done only if the diffs are
definitively smaller than fetching the new release.
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