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Date:      Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:25:20 +1000
From:      Da Rock <freebsd-emulation@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
To:        freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: libcups dependencies and linux apps printing
Message-ID:  <4F10BD60.3040605@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <20120113224506.0000765f@unknown>
References:  <4F0F9174.9000208@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120113224506.0000765f@unknown>

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On 01/14/12 07:45, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:05:40 +1000 Da Rock
> <freebsd-ports@herveybayaustralia.com.au>  wrote:
>
>> I have chased down the issue with printing with cups and linux apps,
>> particularly acroread. Some of you may know how to do this already,
>> but I've been debugging it myself for the past few hours- and
>> googling my brains out.
>>
>> The port maintainer for linux-f10-libcups is this list, so here I am.
>> The port requires dependencies on linux-f10-libgpg-error and
>> linux-f10-gnutls (also maintained by the list). How do we adjust this?
> I had a look with "objdump -x ..../libcups* | grep NEEDED" and I only
> see the dependency to gnutls. I committed this.
>
> For the libgpg-error dependency I suggest you search in the the
> involved binaries and libs with in a similar way than above for the
> source of the dependency to libgpg-error.
I based this on what worked for me, but I checked anyway. I will clarify 
that the dependency is between libgnutls on libgpg-error- it was clear 
in my mind anyway. I have a brain to mouth disfunction... or fingers :)

objdump -x ...libgnutls.so.26: NEEDED      libgpg-error.so.0
>> For that matter, the acroread port needs to depend on the libcups
>> too. I'll have to contact the maintainer on that one.
>>
>> My interest in this is that the acroreader is needed in the graphics
>> industry (almost a rule in Oz), and this would go a long way to
>> helping out acceptance in that niche.
>>
>> And before you mention it Alex: I can take over the maintainership of
>> both (if required), but I want to ensure my first works out ok
>> beforehand.
> For critical dependencies (ports which are depended upon by several
> ports) it is better when a group of people maintain them (more people
> are always welcome ;-) ).
Cool. One less task on my list of things to do. I will help out though.



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