Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 22:20:53 -0800 From: Jason Helfman <jgh@FreeBSD.org> To: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> Cc: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com>, "freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: resurrect deprecated port print/pnm2ppa Message-ID: <CAMuy=%2BidvCVLJvizOD-wR=si4jH=GA=LOAc1hBac379S=3n-4Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <56C5942A.5090001@quip.cz> References: <54E0EEC9.80707@quip.cz> <20150222225800.GA97535@misty.eyesbeyond.com> <56C5942A.5090001@quip.cz>
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On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 1:51 AM, Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> wrote: > Greg Lewis wrote on 02/22/2015 23:58: >> >> On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 08:08:57PM +0100, Miroslav Lachman wrote: >>> >>> Can somebody resurrect deprecated port print/pnm2ppa? >>> >>> It was deleted from the tree as "Unmaintained since 2001" but it is >>> (was) still working fine and I am still using my good old printer HP >>> DeskJet 710C through USB to LPT convertor (usb:/dev/ulpt0) with CUPS. >> >> >> Why don't you submit a PR with the resurrected port in it and yourself as >> the maintainer? I'll take a look at it if you do. It seems like all it >> really needs is someone to commit to maintaining it. > > > Hi Greg, > after more than a year I resurerected pnm2ppa port for my home use > yesterday. It was lot of work for me - I did some port many years ago and > converting this old port to staging was not easy for me. I tried to build it > with "poudrier testport" and it succeeded. > > ====> Compressing man pages (compress-man) > =========================================================================== > ====> Running Q/A tests (stage-qa) > ====> Checking for pkg-plist issues (check-plist) > ===> Parsing plist > ===> Checking for items in STAGEDIR missing from pkg-plist > ===> Checking for items in pkg-plist which are not in STAGEDIR > ===> No pkg-plist issues found (check-plist) > ====>> Status for build print/pnm2ppa: package > ====>> Checking for staging violations... done > =======================<phase: package >============================ > ===> Building package for pnm2ppa-1.13_2 > =========================================================================== > ====>> Status for build print/pnm2ppa: install-mtree > =======================<phase: install-mtree >============================ > =========================================================================== > ====>> Status for build print/pnm2ppa: install > ====>> Recording filesystem state for preinst... done > =======================<phase: install >============================ > ===> Installing for pnm2ppa-1.13_2 > ===> pnm2ppa-1.13_2 depends on executable: enscript - found > ===> Checking if pnm2ppa already installed > ===> Registering installation for pnm2ppa-1.13_2 > [10_2_amd64-default] Installing pnm2ppa-1.13_2... > To configure your printcap to print either ascii" > or Postscript files, add the following lines to your" > /etc/printcap file" > > lp|ascii|unix:\\" > :lp=/dev/lpt0:\\" > :sd=/var/spool/lpd:\\" > :if=/usr/local/bin/asciippafilter:\\" > :mx#0:\\" > :sh:" > > ps:\\" > :lp=/dev/lpt0:\\" > :sd=/var/spool/ps:\\" > :if=/usr/local/bin/ppafilter:\\" > :mx#0:\\" > :sh:" > > =========================================================================== > ====>> Status for build print/pnm2ppa: deinstall > ====>> Checking shared library dependencies > 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libc.so.7] > 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libm.so.5] > =======================<phase: deinstall >============================ > ===> Deinstalling for pnm2ppa > ===> Deinstalling pnm2ppa-1.13_2 > Updating database digests format: ...... done > Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) > Deinstallation has been requested for the following 1 packages (of 0 > packages in the universe): > > Installed packages to be REMOVED: > pnm2ppa-1.13_2 > > The operation will free 653 KiB. > [10_2_amd64-default] [1/1] Deinstalling pnm2ppa-1.13_2... > [10_2_amd64-default] [1/1] Deleting files for pnm2ppa-1.13_2: ...... done > =========================================================================== > ====>> Checking for extra files and directories > [00:00:09] ====>> Installing from package > [10_2_amd64-default] Installing pnm2ppa-1.13_2... > [10_2_amd64-default] Extracting pnm2ppa-1.13_2: ...... done > Message from pnm2ppa-1.13_2: > To configure your printcap to print either ascii" > or Postscript files, add the following lines to your" > /etc/printcap file" > > lp|ascii|unix:\\" > :lp=/dev/lpt0:\\" > :sd=/var/spool/lpd:\\" > :if=/usr/local/bin/asciippafilter:\\" > :mx#0:\\" > :sh:" > > ps:\\" > :lp=/dev/lpt0:\\" > :sd=/var/spool/ps:\\" > :if=/usr/local/bin/ppafilter:\\" > :mx#0:\\" > :sh:" > [00:00:09] ====>> Cleaning up > ===> Cleaning for pnm2ppa-1.13_2 > [00:00:09] ====>> Deinstalling package > Updating database digests format: . done > Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) > Deinstallation has been requested for the following 1 packages (of 0 > packages in the universe): > > Installed packages to be REMOVED: > pnm2ppa-1.13_2 > > The operation will free 653 KiB. > [10_2_amd64-default] [1/1] Deinstalling pnm2ppa-1.13_2... > [10_2_amd64-default] [1/1] Deleting files for pnm2ppa-1.13_2: ...... done > build of print/pnm2ppa ended at Wed Feb 17 23:44:50 CET 2016 > build time: 00:00:08 > [00:00:09] ====>> Cleaning up > 10_2_amd64-default: removed > 10_2_amd64-default-n: removed > [00:00:09] ====>> Umounting file systems > > Usr: 7.140s Krnl: 3.021s Totl: 0:10.91s CPU: 93.1% swppd: 0 I/O: > 71+9636 > > > So what to do next to submit PR in right format? > Should I send diff against old port version, or full archive of new version? > > Miroslav Lachman Yes, a diff against the port prior to it's deletion. This way it can be resurrected and patched. Thanks! -jgh -- Jason Helfman | FreeBSD Committer jgh@FreeBSD.org | http://people.freebsd.org/~jgh | The Power to Serve
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