Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 08:11:13 +0200 From: "FreeBSD-Ports" <FreeBSD-Ports@socruel.nu> To: <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Cc: edwin@mavetju.org Subject: Lire port, (not) to be able to make PDF files and odvips Message-ID: <302F75DC2739FB43B236373398A8C5992946@saturnus.intra.socruel.nu>
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Hello list, Just want to share the following information with you: I've installed the Lire port on a FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE system (with an up to date ports tree) with all the possible options (CHARTS -> to be able to make nice graphs, HTML -> to be able to make html output, PDF -> to be able to make PDF reports and EXCEL95 -> to be able to make Excel output) set to 'On'. All was fine with the graphs and HTML output (haven't checked the Excel stuff yet), but I wasn't able to make PDF reports. Lire complained that the file 'odvips' was missing (I know you have to tell Lire where on the file system you have some files). I searched it on my box and it simple wasn't there at all! I did some searching on Google and found out that it belongs to teTex. But I saw that with the installaion of Lire the teTeX-base port was also installed (as a dependency). Then I looked at the pkg-plist file of the teTeX-base port and saw that the 'odvips' file isn't build and installed with it (by default)! It has default options 'without-dvipsk' and 'without-odvipsk' set. As far as I see it this means that with the current port configuration you cannot make PDF files, although you may expect it from the Lire port options. I looked a little bit futher and found out that the pdipsk-teTeX port builds and installs a 'odvips' file. I installed it, make Lire aware of where it resides on my system and voila PDF reports can be produced. Probably switching of the 'without-dvipsk' and 'without-odvipsk' knobs for the teTeX-base port will have the same result. The questions I have now are: Anyone came across this before? Should the Lire port be updated/changed? Regards, Lars.
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