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Date:      Thu, 18 Apr 2002 07:38:49 +0100
From:      Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>
To:        "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org, ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: docs/37125: building in "www" dies due to ghostscript error
Message-ID:  <20020418073849.K30474@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>
In-Reply-To: <200204170520.g3H5K2l52511@freefall.freebsd.org>; from bmah@FreeBSD.ORG on Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 10:20:02PM -0700
References:  <200204170520.g3H5K2l52511@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 10:20:02PM -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR docs/37125; it has been noted by GNATS.
>=20
> From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG>
> To: parv@pair.com
> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: docs/37125: building in "www" dies due to ghostscript error=
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> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 22:11:43 -0700
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>  Following up to myself:  ps2epsi seems to have broken at some point=20
>  between ghostscript-gnu-6.52_4 and ghostscript-gnu-6.53_1.  The=20
>  breakage affects all the files I've tried, including some from the=20
>  ghostscript examples/ directory.  Symptoms are identical to the=20
>  original PR.
> =20
>  I *believe* that the problem lies somewhere within the gs executable;=20
>  the ps2epsi script and the ps2epsi.ps file it uses appear not to have=20
>  changed.
> =20
>  We need to get this fixed because it's causing release builds to fall=20
>  over when they try to render the documentation.

I'm sorely tempted to revert the port to a last known good version (6.52_4)
in the tree.  I've copied ports@, who are listed as the MAINTAINER, for
feedback.

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