Changeset 933ceec for pst/printing/gs.xml

Timestamp:

08/26/2013 11:56:52 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

Ken Moffat <ken@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

c45dcbc7

Parents:

90ebb73

Message:

ghostscript-9.09

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@11706 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• pst/printing/gs.xml (modified) (13 diffs)

pst/printing/gs.xml

@@ -8 +8 @@
   "http://downloads.ghostscript.com/public/ghostscript-&gs-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY gs-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY gs-md5sum        "eea27befc1e85bef6d4768202f6b03a5">
-  <!ENTITY gs-size          "27 MB">
+  <!ENTITY gs-md5sum        "a4d70e4e2ce354fb720d4589afe5a2a8">
+  <!ENTITY gs-size          "34 MB">
   <!ENTITY gs-buildsize
-  "215 MB (includes installing libgs.so and both font tarballs)">
+  "189 MB (includes installing libgs.so, add 5 MB if the fonts are installed)">
   <!ENTITY gs-time
-  "3.3 SBU (includes building and installing libgs.so)">
+  "2.2 SBU (includes building and installing libgs.so)">
 
   <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-download
@@ -45 +45 @@
     <para><application>Ghostscript</application> is a versatile processor
     for PostScript data with the ability to render PostScript to different
-    targets.</para>
-
-    &lfs73_checked;
+    targets. It used to be part of the cups printing stack, but is no longer
+    used for that.</para>
+
+    &lfs74_checked;
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
@@ -72 +73 @@
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
+
+      <para>If you wish, you can download additional fonts.</para>
 
     <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
@@ -106 +109 @@
       <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
       <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
-      <xref linkend="libpng"/>, 
+      <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
       <xref linkend="libtiff"/>, and
       <xref linkend="lcms2"/>
@@ -117 +120 @@
       <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
       <xref linkend="cups"/>,
-      <xref linkend="jasper"/>,
-      <xref linkend="lcms"/>,
+      <xref linkend="lcms"/> (not used by default, nor if lcms2 is present or found),
       <xref linkend="libidn"/>,
       <xref linkend="x-window-system"/> and
@@ -154 +156 @@
       copies of <application>expat</application>,
       <application>freetype</application>, <application>lcms2</application>,
-      <application>libjpeg</application>, <application>libpng</application>,
-      and <application>libtiff</application>:
-    </para>
-
-<screen><userinput>rm -rf expat freetype lcms2 jpeg libpng tiff</userinput></screen>
+      <application>libjpeg</application>, and <application>libpng</application>:
+    </para>
+
+<screen><userinput>rm -rf expat freetype lcms2 jpeg libpng</userinput></screen>
 
     <note>
@@ -170 +171 @@
     </note>
 
-    <note>
-      <para>
-        If you have installed Cups and your printer is <emphasis>not</emphasis>
-        a postscript printer you will need to add
-        <option>--with-install-cups</option> to the configure options below.
-        (This option makes Ghostscript compile and install the gstoraster filter
-        and the gstoraster.convs configuration file that allow Cups to convert a
-        PostScript file to raster.)
-      </para>
-    </note>
-
     <para>Compile <application>Ghostscript</application>:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>rm -rf jasper lcms zlib &amp;&amp;
-./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-dynamic --with-system-libtiff LIBS=-lz &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>rm -rf zlib &amp;&amp;
+./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-compile-inits \
+ --enable-dynamic --with-system-libtiff &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
 
@@ -208 +199 @@
     </para>
 
-<screen><userinput>bin/gs -Ilib -dBATCH examples/tiger.eps</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>bin/gs -Ilib -IResource/Init -dBATCH examples/tiger.eps</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
@@ -222 +213 @@
 ln -v -s ghostscript /usr/include/ps</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Now install the documentation:</para>
+    <para>Now make the documentation accessible from the normal place:</para>
 
 <screen role="root"><userinput>ln -sfv ../ghostscript/&gs-version;/doc /usr/share/doc/ghostscript-&gs-version;</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
-      To finish the installation, unpack all fonts you've downloaded to
+      If you have downloaded any fonts, unpack them to
       <filename class="directory">/usr/share/ghostscript</filename> and ensure
       the ownerships of the files are
@@ -243 +234 @@
 
     <para>
-      <command>rm -rf jasper lcms zlib</command>: The
-      <application>Ghostscript</application> build system defaults to using its
-      own version of <ulink url="http://www.openjpeg.org/">OpenJpeg</ulink> for
-      JPEG 2000 files <!-- I can't get it to compile using a system installed
-      version of openjpeg. It seems the ghostscript version has been heavily
-      modified... --> so jasper source can be removed. The default color
-      management system is now <application>lcms2</application> so the
-      <application>lcms</application> source is not needed.
-      <application>Zlib</application> was installed as part of LFS.
+      <command>rm -rf zlib</command>:
+      <application>zlib</application> was installed as part of LFS.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
+      <command>--disable-compile-inits</command>: This option makes
+      <command>gs</command> and <filename>libgs.so</filename> slightly smaller.
     </para>
 
@@ -257 +246 @@
       <option>--with-system-libtiff</option>: Remove this option if you've not
       installed <xref linkend="libtiff"/>.
-    </para>
-
-    <para>
-      <parameter>LIBS=-lz</parameter>: Use the <envar>LIBS</envar> variable to
-      tell the linker (ld) to link against the system installed
-      <application>zlib</application>.
     </para>
 
@@ -280 +263 @@
       <command>ln -sfv ../ghostscript-&gs-version;/doc ...</command>: This puts
       a symbolic link to the documentation where it is expected to be found.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
+      <option>--disable-cups</option>: this option will save a tiny amount of
+      space by not linking <command>gs</command> and <filename>libgs.so</filename>
+      to the <xref linkend="cups"/> libraries if you have installed those.
     </para>
   </sect2>
@@ -292 +281 @@
       <seglistitem>
         <seg>
-          bdftops, dumphint, dvipdf, eps2eps, fixmswrd.pl, font2c, gs, gsbj,
+          bdftops, dvipdf, eps2eps, fixmswrd.pl, font2c, gs, gsbj,
           gsc (from soinstall), gsdj, gsdj500, gslj, gslp, gsnd, gsx
-          (from soinstall), lprsetup.sh, pdf2dsc, pdf2ps, pdfopt,
+          (from soinstall), lprsetup.sh, pdf2dsc, pdf2ps,
           pf2afm, pfbtopfa, printafm, ps2ascii, ps2epsi, ps2pdf, ps2pdf12,
           ps2pdf13, ps2pdf14, ps2pdfwr, ps2ps, ps2ps2, pv.sh, unix-lpr.sh, and
           wftopfa
+          <!-- I don't see bdftops,fixmswrd.pl or pv.sh on my builds [ I don't
+          have any bdf tools from xorg ] but they are still referenced in
+          base/unixinst.mak -->
         </seg>
         <seg>libgs.so</seg>