On 2/10/10 06:58, Jens Nöckel wrote: > > > On Oct 1, 2010, at 9:43 PM, Bradley Lucier wrote: > >> Today I unfortunately did a "fink update-all", which updated ghostscript to >> >> i ghostscript 8.71-2 Interpreter for PostScript and PDF >> >> which has a serious bug, which is fixed by this proposed patch by Jens >> Nöckel (derived from a patch by the ghostscript authors that has already >> been applied to Ubuntu's package) >> >> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=414256&aid=3052027&group_id=17203 >> >> over a month ago, but it appears that this patch has not yet been applied. >> (I had decided not to do "fink update-all" but then forgot and blew it.) >> >> So I'm curious, how can I influence Martin Costabel (to whom the bug is now >> assigned) to apply the patch? Or perhaps he's not the right person, I'm not >> really sure how the fink process works ... >> >> Brad > > > Brad, > if it's urgent, you could downgrade to an earlier version by simply doing > something like: > sudo dpkg -i /sw/fink/debs/ghostscript_8.64-1_darwin-i386.deb > Here the available earlier versions depend on what packages you have > previously built (and not deleted), but I assume you will find the last > version that worked for you by doing "ls -l /sw/fink/debs/ghostscript*"
Done. ghostscript-8.71-3 is now in CVS. As for the tracker item assigned to me, I don't remember having been notified. Don't they do this automatically any more? -- Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
