Author: ken
Date: Mon Aug 26 16:56:52 2013
New Revision: 11706
Log:
ghostscript-9.09
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/general.ent
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/pst/printing/gs.xml
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent Mon Aug 26 14:27:48 2013 (r11705)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent Mon Aug 26 16:56:52 2013 (r11706)
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@
<!-- Chapter 42 -->
<!ENTITY cups-version "1.6.3">
<!ENTITY cups-filters-version "1.0.36">
-<!ENTITY gs-version "9.07">
+<!ENTITY gs-version "9.09">
<!ENTITY gutenprint-version "5.2.9">
<!-- Chapter 43 -->
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Mon Aug 26 14:27:48
2013 (r11705)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Mon Aug 26 16:56:52
2013 (r11706)
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
<para>August 26th, 2013</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[ken] - Update to ghostscript-9.09. Fixes
+ <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;3996">#3996</ulink>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[bdubbs] - Update to samba-4.0.9. Fixes
<ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;3994">#3994</ulink>.</para>
</listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/pst/printing/gs.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/pst/printing/gs.xml Mon Aug 26 14:27:48 2013 (r11705)
+++ trunk/BOOK/pst/printing/gs.xml Mon Aug 26 16:56:52 2013 (r11706)
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
<!ENTITY gs-download-http
"http://downloads.ghostscript.com/public/ghostscript-&gs-version;.tar.bz2";>
<!ENTITY gs-download-ftp " ">
- <!ENTITY gs-md5sum "eea27befc1e85bef6d4768202f6b03a5">
- <!ENTITY gs-size "27 MB">
+ <!ENTITY gs-md5sum "a4d70e4e2ce354fb720d4589afe5a2a8">
+ <!ENTITY gs-size "34 MB">
<!ENTITY gs-buildsize
- "215 MB (includes installing libgs.so and both font tarballs)">
+ "189 MB (includes installing libgs.so, add 5 MB if the fonts are installed)">
<!ENTITY gs-time
- "3.3 SBU (includes building and installing libgs.so)">
+ "2.2 SBU (includes building and installing libgs.so)">
<!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-download
"&sourceforge-repo;/gs-fonts/ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz">
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@
<para><application>Ghostscript</application> is a versatile processor
for PostScript data with the ability to render PostScript to different
- targets.</para>
+ targets. It used to be part of the cups printing stack, but is no longer
+ used for that.</para>
- &lfs73_checked;
+ &lfs74_checked;
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
+ <para>If you wish, you can download additional fonts.</para>
+
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<title>Standard Fonts</title>
<listitem>
@@ -105,7 +108,7 @@
<xref linkend="expat"/>,
<xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
<xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
- <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
+ <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
<xref linkend="libtiff"/>, and
<xref linkend="lcms2"/>
</para>
@@ -116,8 +119,7 @@
<xref linkend="fontconfig"/>,
<xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
<xref linkend="cups"/>,
- <xref linkend="jasper"/>,
- <xref linkend="lcms"/>,
+ <xref linkend="lcms"/> (not used by default, nor if lcms2 is present or
found),
<xref linkend="libidn"/>,
<xref linkend="x-window-system"/> and
<ulink
url="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/libpaper";>libpaper</ulink>
@@ -153,11 +155,10 @@
If you have installed these dependencies on your system, remove the
copies of <application>expat</application>,
<application>freetype</application>, <application>lcms2</application>,
- <application>libjpeg</application>, <application>libpng</application>,
- and <application>libtiff</application>:
+ <application>libjpeg</application>, and
<application>libpng</application>:
</para>
-<screen><userinput>rm -rf expat freetype lcms2 jpeg libpng
tiff</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>rm -rf expat freetype lcms2 jpeg libpng</userinput></screen>
<note>
<para>
@@ -169,21 +170,11 @@
</para>
</note>
- <note>
- <para>
- If you have installed Cups and your printer is <emphasis>not</emphasis>
- a postscript printer you will need to add
- <option>--with-install-cups</option> to the configure options below.
- (This option makes Ghostscript compile and install the gstoraster
filter
- and the gstoraster.convs configuration file that allow Cups to convert
a
- PostScript file to raster.)
- </para>
- </note>
-
<para>Compile <application>Ghostscript</application>:</para>
-<screen><userinput>rm -rf jasper lcms zlib &&
-./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-dynamic --with-system-libtiff LIBS=-lz
&&
+<screen><userinput>rm -rf zlib &&
+./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-compile-inits \
+ --enable-dynamic --with-system-libtiff &&
make</userinput></screen>
<note>
@@ -207,7 +198,7 @@
following command (issue from an X Windows terminal):
</para>
-<screen><userinput>bin/gs -Ilib -dBATCH examples/tiger.eps</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>bin/gs -Ilib -IResource/Init -dBATCH
examples/tiger.eps</userinput></screen>
<para>
Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
@@ -221,12 +212,12 @@
install -v -m644 base/*.h /usr/include/ghostscript &&
ln -v -s ghostscript /usr/include/ps</userinput></screen>
- <para>Now install the documentation:</para>
+ <para>Now make the documentation accessible from the normal place:</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -sfv ../ghostscript/&gs-version;/doc
/usr/share/doc/ghostscript-&gs-version;</userinput></screen>
<para>
- To finish the installation, unpack all fonts you've downloaded to
+ If you have downloaded any fonts, unpack them to
<filename class="directory">/usr/share/ghostscript</filename> and ensure
the ownerships of the files are
<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:
@@ -242,26 +233,18 @@
<title>Command Explanations</title>
<para>
- <command>rm -rf jasper lcms zlib</command>: The
- <application>Ghostscript</application> build system defaults to using its
- own version of <ulink url="http://www.openjpeg.org/";>OpenJpeg</ulink> for
- JPEG 2000 files <!-- I can't get it to compile using a system installed
- version of openjpeg. It seems the ghostscript version has been heavily
- modified... --> so jasper source can be removed. The default color
- management system is now <application>lcms2</application> so the
- <application>lcms</application> source is not needed.
- <application>Zlib</application> was installed as part of LFS.
+ <command>rm -rf zlib</command>:
+ <application>zlib</application> was installed as part of LFS.
</para>
<para>
- <option>--with-system-libtiff</option>: Remove this option if you've not
- installed <xref linkend="libtiff"/>.
+ <command>--disable-compile-inits</command>: This option makes
+ <command>gs</command> and <filename>libgs.so</filename> slightly smaller.
</para>
<para>
- <parameter>LIBS=-lz</parameter>: Use the <envar>LIBS</envar> variable to
- tell the linker (ld) to link against the system installed
- <application>zlib</application>.
+ <option>--with-system-libtiff</option>: Remove this option if you've not
+ installed <xref linkend="libtiff"/>.
</para>
<para>
@@ -280,6 +263,12 @@
<command>ln -sfv ../ghostscript-&gs-version;/doc ...</command>: This puts
a symbolic link to the documentation where it is expected to be found.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ <option>--disable-cups</option>: this option will save a tiny amount of
+ space by not linking <command>gs</command> and
<filename>libgs.so</filename>
+ to the <xref linkend="cups"/> libraries if you have installed those.
+ </para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="content">
@@ -291,12 +280,15 @@
<seglistitem>
<seg>
- bdftops, dumphint, dvipdf, eps2eps, fixmswrd.pl, font2c, gs, gsbj,
+ bdftops, dvipdf, eps2eps, fixmswrd.pl, font2c, gs, gsbj,
gsc (from soinstall), gsdj, gsdj500, gslj, gslp, gsnd, gsx
- (from soinstall), lprsetup.sh, pdf2dsc, pdf2ps, pdfopt,
+ (from soinstall), lprsetup.sh, pdf2dsc, pdf2ps,
pf2afm, pfbtopfa, printafm, ps2ascii, ps2epsi, ps2pdf, ps2pdf12,
ps2pdf13, ps2pdf14, ps2pdfwr, ps2ps, ps2ps2, pv.sh, unix-lpr.sh, and
wftopfa
+ <!-- I don't see bdftops,fixmswrd.pl or pv.sh on my builds [ I don't
+ have any bdf tools from xorg ] but they are still referenced in
+ base/unixinst.mak -->
</seg>
<seg>libgs.so</seg>
<seg>
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