Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 17:43:16 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net> Cc: "Russell L. Carter" <rcarter@pinyon.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: print/acroread9 Adobe Reader Message-ID: <201410281643.s9SGhGgE060617@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Tue, 28 Oct 2014 15:37:16 %2B0100." <544FAA1C.2070304@madpilot.net>
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Guido Falsi wrote: > On 10/28/14 15:22, Russell L. Carter wrote: > > Hi Julian, > > > > On 10/28/14 07:00, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > >> Hi hrs@FreeBSD.org & ports@freebsd.org > > > >> I went to install print/acroread9 for current & found it was not in > >> ports/. > > > > > > [...] > > > >> I am Forced to use Adobe Reader by British government tax office. > >> http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/txt/ct600.html > > > > [...] > > > > Just curious, have you tried to use firefox to sign those forms? I was > > tied to acroread for more than ten years because of all of the pdfs I > > deal with but recently discovered that firefox renders pdfs as well as > > acroread. Don't know about the signing part though. > > > > Meybe wine can help? > > Also virtualbox + some other OS which is supported by adobe? > > I agree these are no optimal solutions but could solve the problem at hand. Thanks Guido, Yes, in future years, I may have to, If Adobe really drops/ has dropped Unix, & If/when FreeBSD ABIs become incompatible with the Linux binaries. However that would be horrible work, installing an MS partition just for Adobe reader. While ABIS remain compatible, I will prefer to use acroread, even if I have to migrate forward & maintain the last acroread port myself. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Linux Unix C Sys Eng Consultant Munich http://berklix.com Indent previous with "> ". Interleave reply paragraphs like a play script. Send plain text, not quoted-printable, HTML, base64, or multipart/alternative.
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