Author: richard
Date: 2008-04-04 13:01:19 -0600 (Fri, 04 Apr 2008)
New Revision: 7345
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/book/bookinfo.xml
trunk/BOOK/general.ent
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/pst/ps/a2ps.xml
Log:
updated to a2ps-4.14, added 2008 to Copyright
Modified: trunk/BOOK/book/bookinfo.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/book/bookinfo.xml 2008-04-03 19:47:26 UTC (rev 7344)
+++ trunk/BOOK/book/bookinfo.xml 2008-04-04 19:01:19 UTC (rev 7345)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
<pubdate>&pubdate;</pubdate>
<copyright id="copyright">
- <year>2001-2007</year>
+ <year>2001-2008</year>
<holder>BLFS Development Team</holder>
</copyright>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2008-04-03 19:47:26 UTC (rev 7344)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2008-04-04 19:01:19 UTC (rev 7345)
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
$Date$
-->
-<!ENTITY day "02"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day "04"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
<!ENTITY month "04"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
<!ENTITY year "2008">
<!ENTITY version "svn-&year;&month;&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "April &day;nd, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "April &day;, &year;">
<!ENTITY pubdate "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
<!ENTITY blfs-version "svn"> <!-- svn|[release #] -->
<!ENTITY lfs-version "development"> <!--
version|testing|unstable|development] -->
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@
<!ENTITY docbook-xsl-version "1.71.1">
<!-- Chapter 46 -->
-<!ENTITY a2ps-version "4.13b">
+<!ENTITY a2ps-version "4.14">
<!ENTITY enscript-version "1.6.4">
<!ENTITY psutils-version "p17">
<!ENTITY gsview-version "4.8">
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2008-04-03 19:47:26 UTC
(rev 7344)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2008-04-04 19:01:19 UTC
(rev 7345)
@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@
-->
<listitem>
+ <para>April 4th, 2008</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[richard] - updated to a2ps-4.14.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[richard] - changed copyright to include 2008, in
bookinfo.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<para>April 3rd, 2008</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/pst/ps/a2ps.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/pst/ps/a2ps.xml 2008-04-03 19:47:26 UTC (rev 7344)
+++ trunk/BOOK/pst/ps/a2ps.xml 2008-04-04 19:01:19 UTC (rev 7345)
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
<!ENTITY a2ps-download-http
"http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/a2ps/a2ps-&a2ps-version;.tar.gz";>
<!ENTITY a2ps-download-ftp
"ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/a2ps/a2ps-&a2ps-version;.tar.gz";>
- <!ENTITY a2ps-md5sum "0c8e0c31b08c14f7a7198ce967eb3281">
- <!ENTITY a2ps-size "1.9 MB">
- <!ENTITY a2ps-buildsize "20.7 MB">
- <!ENTITY a2ps-time "0.26 SBU">
+ <!ENTITY a2ps-md5sum "781ac3d9b213fa3e1ed0d79f986dc8c7">
+ <!ENTITY a2ps-size "2.6 MB">
+ <!ENTITY a2ps-buildsize "21.9 MB">
+ <!ENTITY a2ps-time "0.31 SBU">
<!ENTITY i18n-fonts-version "0.1">
]>
@@ -79,14 +79,13 @@
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">a2ps Dependencies</bridgehead>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
- <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="cups"/> or <xref linkend="LPRng"/>
+ <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="psutils"/>, <xref linkend="cups"/>
or <xref linkend="LPRng"/>
(otherwise, <application>a2ps</application> will use the
<command>cat >/dev/lp0</command> command instead of
<command>lpr</command>
for sending its output to the printer)</para>
-
+
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
<para role="optional"><xref linkend="x-window-system"/>,
- <xref linkend="psutils"/>,
<xref linkend="tetex"/>,
<xref linkend="gs"/> or <xref linkend="espgs"/>,
<ulink
@@ -94,7 +93,8 @@
<ulink url="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html";>Adobe
Reader</ulink>, and
<ulink
-
url="http://www.gnu.org/software/ghostview/ghostview.html";>Ghostview</ulink></para>
+
url="http://www.gnu.org/software/ghostview/ghostview.html";>Ghostview</ulink>
+ </para>
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
<ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/A2PS"/></para>
@@ -107,19 +107,20 @@
<para>Install <application>a2ps</application> by running the following
commands:</para>
-<screen><userinput>sed -i "s|emacs||" contrib/Makefile.in &&
-sed -i 's/+0 -1/-k 1,2/' afm/make_fonts_map.sh &&
+<screen><userinput>sed -i 's/+0 -1/-k 1,2/' afm/make_fonts_map.sh &&
sed -i "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" configure &&
-sed -i "s|char \*malloc ();|/* & */|" \
- lib/path-concat.c &&
./configure --prefix=/usr \
- --sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps --localstatedir=/var \
- --enable-shared --with-medium=letter &&
+ --sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps \
+ --enable-shared \
+ --with-medium=letter &&
make</userinput></screen>
<para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
The <filename>printers.tst</filename> test will fail, as there is no
default
- test printer.</para>
+ test printer. The <filename>styles.tst</filename> also may fail, and the
tests report
+ some inconsistencies between the generated postscript and the reference
sets, at
+ the moment there is no explanation of this, but the failures do not appear
to
+ affect the operation of the program.</para>
<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
user:</para>
@@ -140,14 +141,8 @@
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
- <para><command>sed -i -e "s|emacs||" contrib/Makefile.in</command>:
- This command eliminates the compiling and installing of the
- <application>Emacs</application> script files. If you have substituted
- <application>Emacs</application> for <application>Vi</application> as your
- primary editor, skip this step.</para>
-
<para><command>sed -i 's/+0 -1/-k 1,2/' afm/make_fonts_map.sh</command>:
- The make_fonts_map.sh script to uses an option that is invalid with the
+ The <filename>make_fonts_map.sh</filename> script uses an option that is
invalid with the
version of sort installed as part of
<application>Coreutils-&lfs-coreutils-version;</application>.
If you are using an older version of <application>Coreutils</application>,
@@ -158,10 +153,6 @@
<application>Ghostscript</application> fonts at the location where they
were
installed by the BLFS instructions.</para>
- <para><command>sed -i -e "s|char \*malloc ();|/* & */|"
- lib/path-concat.c</command>: This command fixes a build problem with
- <application>GCC</application>-3.4.x</para>
-
<para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps</parameter>: Configuration data
is installed in <filename class="directory">/etc/a2ps</filename> instead of
<filename class="directory">/usr/etc</filename>.</para>
@@ -169,9 +160,12 @@
<para><parameter>--enable-shared</parameter>: This switch enables building
the dynamic <filename class='libraryfile'>liba2ps</filename>
library.</para>
- <para><parameter>--with-medium=letter</parameter>: This switch changes
- the default paper format of A4 to letter. Installations that utilize A4
- would eliminate this switch.</para>
+ <para><parameter>--with-medium=letter</parameter>: This switch changes the
+ default paper format to US letter. It can either be given here or set
+ in <filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps-site.cfg</filename> after installation. The
+ default is A4, but there are several other options, in particular: A4dj or
letterdj are good
+ settings for HP Deskjet and other printers that need wider paper-handling
+ margins. See <filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps.cfg</filename> after
installation.</para>
</sect2>
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