Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 18:04:08 -0400 From: Alan E <alane@geeksrus.net> To: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> Cc: FreeBSD Bugs <freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ports/40488: CUPS now relies on a special version of Ghostscript for printing on non-PS printers Message-ID: <20020712220408.GA55623@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> In-Reply-To: <87k7o0lr9t.fsf@pooh.int> References: <200207121541.g6CFf3KV086961@www.freebsd.org> <20020712183531.GA51740@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> <87k7o0lr9t.fsf@pooh.int>
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On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 01:45:02PM -0500, Kirk Strauser wrote: > >At 2002-07-12T18:35:31Z, Alan E <alane@geeksrus.net> writes: >> Beware: this means the ghostscript-gnu will now depend on cups-base. I >> don't like this, but it is an unfortunate consequence of the decisions >> made by the cups author(s). > >I don't know enough about the programs involved to understand why moving >pstoraster out of CUPS and into Ghostscript is a good thing. I know you're >busy, but do you have time to give an informed opinion? Previously, cups actually installed a private version of ghostscript with only one driver -- that's what pstoraster *was*. Since some Linux distros (not the guy in the fedora) want cups as standard, and only wanted one ghostscript, Mike Sweet (head dude and hacker at ESP) decided to produce an ESP ghostscript, which is just GNU gs with patches and an additional driver. There are also instructions for patching the driver into the existing ghostscript-gnu framework. All I have to do is figure out how that fits in with the 69 other extra drivers we (optionally) install. The cups-base port will only be used at build time, AFAIK. It should not be required to be built and installed. Essentially, we're moving pstoraster into ghostscript-gnu. Not because I want to, but because Mike has given us no real alternative option other than freezing our version of cups at 1.1.14, something that is not an option in my opinion. Does that help clarify things, Kirk? -- AlanE To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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