hi,
the version 0.3.7-1 of flpsed in Etch is in bad shape; it is almost
unusable, due to these issues:
- it needs a gs as a backend, but there is no Depends
(see bug 402451)
- it does not work with gs-gpl, but only with gs-esp
(see again bug 402451)
IMHO the above render the package not really fit for Etch - I also
tested that bug on two different hosts, and it always shows;
I posted this bug 1month ago, but apparently the mantainer is MIA (also,
the mantainer is not a DD);
So I decided to address those problems.
There is a new upstream version 0.3.9; the best thing would have been
to upload 0.3.9 ; but, in the freeze spirit, I tried to keep changes
at a minimum; so I studied the diff 0.3.7 - 0.3.9 and tried to do my
best. Doing that, I also decided to solve some other problems and bugs
in this NMU.
Here are the bugs solved by this NMU
code related issues
--- bug 402451 : flpsed does not work with gs-gpl
The upstream author chose to add a XSync() ; I tried that , and it does
not work here; so I resolved to call gs-esp directly
--- bug 398906 : uses an unknown font 'HelveticaNeue-Roman'.
I changed that to Helvetica (as is done in 0.3.9)
packaging related bugs
--- (no bug)
debian/rules : use make distclean instead of make clean ;
this deletes a lot of auto* cruft , that was (erroneously)
shipped inside flpseddiff.gz , and was generating lintian warnings
--- bug 388318 pdftops needed for pdf import
Add Recommends: xpdf-utils | poppler-utils
--- bug 402451 again
add Depends: gs-esp
--
The complete diff of my NMU is in
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/flpsed-0.3.7-1.1-nmu.diff?bug=402451;msg=19;att=1
(but I deleted from that all interdiffs that were complaining because a
lot of auto* generated files have disappeared :-)
please let this new flpsed into Etch
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