r8716 - in trunk/BOOK: . introduction/welcome pst/printing

[ken]

Author: ken
Date: 2010-12-01 13:11:29 -0700 (Wed, 01 Dec 2010)
New Revision: 8716

Modified:
   trunk/BOOK/general.ent
   trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
   trunk/BOOK/pst/printing/gs.xml
Log:
Fix the ghostscript 'tiger test' on 32-bit systems.

Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent      2010-12-01 14:11:33 UTC (rev 8715)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent      2010-12-01 20:11:29 UTC (rev 8716)
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 $Date$
 -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "01">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "02">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "12">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2010">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "svn-&year;&month;&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "December &day;st, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "December &day;nd, &year;">
 <!ENTITY pubdate      "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
 <!ENTITY blfs-version "svn">                  <!-- svn|[release #] -->
 <!ENTITY lfs-version  "development">          <!-- 
version|testing|unstable|development] -->

Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml       2010-12-01 14:11:33 UTC 
(rev 8715)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml       2010-12-01 20:11:29 UTC 
(rev 8716)
@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@
 -->
 
     <listitem>
+      <para>December 2nd, 2010</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - Altered instructions for ghostscript-8.71 to fix 32-bit
+          systems (fixes ticket
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;3133">#3133</ulink>)</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
+
+    <listitem>
       <para>December 1st, 2010</para>
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>

Modified: trunk/BOOK/pst/printing/gs.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/pst/printing/gs.xml      2010-12-01 14:11:33 UTC (rev 8715)
+++ trunk/BOOK/pst/printing/gs.xml      2010-12-01 20:11:29 UTC (rev 8716)
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
     <para>Install <application>GPL Ghostscript</application> by running the
     following commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-dynamic &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-dynamic 
--with-drivers=ALL,xll &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>This package does not come with a test suite. However, you may test
@@ -224,6 +224,11 @@
   <sect2 role="commands">
     <title>Command Explanations</title>
 
+    <para><command>--with-drivers=ALL,x11</command>: here we add the
+    <literal>x11</literal> output device to the default 
(<literal>ALL</literal>)
+    selection so that we can run the test to render the tiger on 32-bit systems
+    (this does no harm on the <literal>x86_64</literal> architecture, although
+    it is not required there).</para>
     <para><command>install ...</command>: Some packages
     (<application>ImageMagick</application> is one) need the
     <application>Ghostscript</application> interface headers in place to link

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