> it lookas as tho i need to upgrade this > libgs.so.8 shared library. but *how* do i find who/what build this > library?
It is from one of the ghostscript ports, as you might expect when using postscript for printing. It probably failed because one of the libraries was corrupted, or someone updated a port/package without also updating the ports/packages that depend upon it. If, in the future, you install a file from a package or a port, and your package database files (by default, in /var/db/pkg ) aren't damaged (and no committer has screwed up by not adding files to a pkg-plist or not properly determining CONFLICTS in a port Makefile), then you can use: pkg_info -W <path to file> to determine the port or package to which the file belongs. In this case, for my machine: pkg_info -W /usr/local/lib/libgs.so.8 /usr/local/lib/libgs.so.8 was installed by package ghostscript8-8.63 although it could be something like ghostscript8-nox11-* on yours. pkg_which, from the ports-mgmt/portupgrade port, also does this ( see pkgdb(1) if you have this installed ). To get the path in the first place, use locate(1), find(1), or, for a shared library, something like: ldconfig -vr | grep 'libgs.so.8' 349:-lgs.8 => /usr/local/lib/libgs.so.8 There is a section on printing in the FreeBSD handbook, which you may find useful. Regards, b. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"