Hi Karl. I'm not sure why you still have system-ghostscript-6.01-1 on your system. However, I can explain what is happening.
Not too long ago, it was discovered that Gerben Wierda's ghostscript v.7 package does not have X11 support compiled in, and does not work with gv. I revised the system-ghostscript package to now say that it provides "ghostscript-nox" rather than "ghostscript". But gv is insisting on "ghostscript", so the most recent version of system-ghostscript is unacceptable. However, the old version which you have on your system said it provided "ghostscript", which is why fink is attempting to downgrade. I know that Wierda recently made a ghostscript v.8 iInstaller package which has X11 support, but I haven't had a chance to make a system-ghostscript package for that one. To get a functioning gv, you'll need to either install that and hack system-ghostscript to support it, or install ghostscript via fink. -- Dave On Feb 28,2003 08:53:09 -0800, Karl Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >I have system-ghostscript 7.05-3 installed. When I try to install >gv, I get: > >> The following package will be installed or updated: >> gv >> The following additional package will be installed: >> system-ghostscript >> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] > >If I say "yes", it tries to downgrade my system-ghostscript to 6.01-1: > >> dpkg - warning: downgrading system-ghostscript from 7.05-3 to 6.01-1. > >This fails, telling me that I don't have ghostscript 6.01 installed >(which is correct, I have 7.05). The downgrading didn't happen (last >week) when I did the same thing on another machine. > >One more piece of information: in Fink Commander, if I ask for info >on the system-ghostscript package, it tells me > >> Installed: 7.05-3 >> Unstable: 6.01-1 >> Stable: 7.05-3 >> Binary: None > >This (the unstable) does not agree with the fink webpage; I don't >know where it is getting this information. > >Has something gotten corrupted in my fink installation, and how can >I fix it? > >Thanks. > >Karl > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek >Welcome to geek heaven. >http://thinkgeek.com/sf >_______________________________________________ >Fink-users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
