Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 18:36:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> Cc: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@FreeBSD.org>, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: print/gs4 Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960722183556.28589F-100000@thurston.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.960722233225.312A-100000@klemm.gtn.com>
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On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, Andreas Klemm wrote: > On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > > cd print/gs4 > > make install > > does: > > install -c -m 755 gs /usr/local/bin/gs > > So our GNU version of gs gets trampled by the commercial Aladdin gs, > > I'd rather expected it to be installed as bin/gs4.... > > Ok, let's discuss that now, but ... I was aware of this ... > > The reason for me not to change the default path and program name > (/usr/local/bin/gs) was, that all ghostscript ports in the past > did it the same way and I didn't want to break something ... > > For example ghostview looks for /usr/local/bin/gs and _not_ gs4 > or whatelse ... I think, that the ordinary ghostscript user doesn't > look or differentiate between different copyright (GNU / Aladdin) > I think the user only wants the latest and greatest version. > > It's _not_ like in tcl / tk, where you sometimes need older > program versions, since it's not fully backward compatible ... > > I vote for _not_ to differentiate in different gs versions: > /usr/local/bin/gs > /usr/local/bin/gs3 > /usr/local/bin/gs4 I agree with you, Andreas. Don't change the name without some good reason for it. > Say NO ;-) Any comments ?! Surely some ?! > > Andreas /// > > -- > andreas@klemm.gtn.com /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH > Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ Support Unix -- andreas.klemm@wup.de > pgp p-key http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev.html >>> powered by <<< > ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz >>> FreeBSD <<< > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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