Martin Costabel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Daniel E. Macks wrote: > [] >> I just adjusted xfig for this (among other fixes). Please let us know >> whether it works now. > > Thanks for the xfree-4.5 fix. > > The fix for the files with names starting with a hyphen works in so far > as they are now installed. But you can't use them anyway, because gzip > chokes on the hyphen, too: > > File -a.fig.gz: > Couldn't uncompress the file: "gunzip -q -c -a.fig.gz > /tmp/-a.fig" > Uncompressing file -a.fig.gz in /tmp because it is in a read-only directory > Error reading -a.fig
New revision patches those gunzip commands. > It is severe upstream brain damage to have such file names. I don't know > if simply renaming them would be sufficient or if some other part > expects them to have these crazy names. Yeah. Upstream author is quite friendly and has a new build script that solves the installation bug, but I think still has those files. I don't know a thing about this package actually. Sorry for jumping all over it, drm! dan -- Daniel Macks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today * Register for a JBoss Training Course Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005 Visit http://www.jboss.com/services/certification for more information _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
