From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 31 22:54:38 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC33410656B4 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:54:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from asmtp2.iomartmail.com (asmtp2.iomartmail.com [62.128.201.249]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51C7C8FC13 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:54:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from asmtp2.iomartmail.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by asmtp2.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o7VMsYB1002152 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:54:35 +0100 Received: from orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (80-45-152-196.static.dsl.as9105.com [80.45.152.196]) (authenticated bits=0) by asmtp2.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o7VMsTml002146 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:54:30 +0100 Received: by orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E41BE33C3D; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:54:28 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:54:28 +0100 From: Frank Shute To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20100831225428.GA42850@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <20100831193421.GA2695@bsd.remdog.net> <20100831193935.GA1427@bsd.remdog.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100831193935.GA1427@bsd.remdog.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE amd64 X-Organisation: 'shute.org.uk' Subject: Re: Interactive Port X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:54:38 -0000 On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 12:39:35PM -0700, Rem P Roberti wrote: > > On 2010.08.31 12:34:21 -0700, Rem P Roberti wrote: > > In attempting to install /usr/ports/print/dvips I got the error message > > that dvips is an interactive port, and I can't remember how to handle > > that. Could I please get a heads up there. Thank you. > > > > OK...I commented out the 'batch' entry in make.conf. Now I get this > error message: > > ===> dvips-5.76 conflicts with installed package(s): > teTeX-base-3.0_20 > teTeX-texmf-3.0_6 > > The whole problem is that I am trying to get muttprint to work, and my > understanding is that it is dependent on teTeX for its operation. But > when I tried to print I got an error message telling me that the print > operation needs to see dvips. So I'm not exactly sure what is going on > here. > teTeX comes with dvips IIRC, which is why you're getting the error. For printing from mutt, I use the following in ~/.muttrc set print_command="a2ps -1 > ~/mail.ps; gv ~/mail.ps" Obviously, that views the postcript file first & then I print from gv. gv & a2ps are in ports. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html