From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 28 16:44:00 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 95F6BE1B for ; Tue, 28 Oct 2014 16:44:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from land.berklix.org (land.berklix.org [144.76.10.75]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 24DAC6A4 for ; Tue, 28 Oct 2014 16:43:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mart.js.berklix.net (p5DCBDDA0.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [93.203.221.160]) (authenticated bits=128) by land.berklix.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id s9SGeUQs095373; Tue, 28 Oct 2014 16:40:31 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by mart.js.berklix.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id s9SGhq2H096781; Tue, 28 Oct 2014 17:43:53 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s9SGhGgE060617; Tue, 28 Oct 2014 17:43:34 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Message-Id: <201410281643.s9SGhGgE060617@fire.js.berklix.net> To: Guido Falsi Subject: Re: print/acroread9 Adobe Reader From: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: http://berklix.com BSD Unix Linux Consultants, Munich Germany User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://berklix.com/free/ X-URL: http://www.berklix.com In-reply-to: Your message "Tue, 28 Oct 2014 15:37:16 +0100." <544FAA1C.2070304@madpilot.net> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 17:43:16 +0100 Cc: "Russell L. Carter" , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 16:44:00 -0000 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.