Changeset bb317ce1 for pst/ps

Timestamp:

04/04/2008 07:01:19 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

Richard Downing <richard@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 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:

5efe329

Parents:

5128518

Message:

updated to a2ps-4.14, added 2008 to Copyright

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@7345 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• pst/ps/a2ps.xml (modified) (7 diffs)

pst/ps/a2ps.xml

@@ -7 +7 @@
   <!ENTITY a2ps-download-http "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/a2ps/a2ps-&a2ps-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY a2ps-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/a2ps/a2ps-&a2ps-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY a2ps-md5sum        "0c8e0c31b08c14f7a7198ce967eb3281">
-  <!ENTITY a2ps-size          "1.9 MB">
-  <!ENTITY a2ps-buildsize     "20.7 MB">
-  <!ENTITY a2ps-time          "0.26 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY a2ps-md5sum        "781ac3d9b213fa3e1ed0d79f986dc8c7">
+  <!ENTITY a2ps-size          "2.6 MB">
+  <!ENTITY a2ps-buildsize     "21.9 MB">
+  <!ENTITY a2ps-time          "0.31 SBU">
 
   <!ENTITY i18n-fonts-version "0.1">
@@ -80 +80 @@
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
-    <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="cups"/> or <xref linkend="LPRng"/>
+    <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="psutils"/>, <xref linkend="cups"/> or <xref linkend="LPRng"/>
     (otherwise, <application>a2ps</application> will use the
     <command>cat &gt;/dev/lp0</command> command instead of <command>lpr</command>
     for sending its output to the printer)</para>
-
+    
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
     <para role="optional"><xref linkend="x-window-system"/>,
-    <xref linkend="psutils"/>,
     <xref linkend="tetex"/>,
     <xref linkend="gs"/> or <xref linkend="espgs"/>,
@@ -95 +94 @@
     Reader</ulink>, and
     <ulink
-    url="http://www.gnu.org/software/ghostview/ghostview.html">Ghostview</ulink></para>
+    url="http://www.gnu.org/software/ghostview/ghostview.html">Ghostview</ulink>
+    </para>
 
     <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
@@ -108 +108 @@
     commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>sed -i "s|emacs||" contrib/Makefile.in &amp;&amp;
-sed -i 's/+0 -1/-k 1,2/' afm/make_fonts_map.sh &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>sed -i 's/+0 -1/-k 1,2/' afm/make_fonts_map.sh &amp;&amp;
 sed -i "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" configure &amp;&amp;
-sed -i "s|char \*malloc ();|/* &amp; */|" \
-    lib/path-concat.c &amp;&amp;
 ./configure --prefix=/usr \
-    --sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps --localstatedir=/var \
-    --enable-shared --with-medium=letter &amp;&amp;
+    --sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps \
+    --enable-shared \
+    --with-medium=letter &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
     The <filename>printers.tst</filename> test will fail, as there is no default
-    test printer.</para>
+    test printer.  The <filename>styles.tst</filename> also may fail, and the tests report
+    some inconsistencies between the generated postscript and the reference sets, at
+    the moment there is no explanation of this, but the failures do not appear to
+    affect the operation of the program.</para>
 
     <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
@@ -141 +142 @@
     <title>Command Explanations</title>
 
-    <para><command>sed -i -e "s|emacs||" contrib/Makefile.in</command>:
-    This command eliminates the compiling and installing of the
-    <application>Emacs</application> script files. If you have substituted
-    <application>Emacs</application> for <application>Vi</application> as your
-    primary editor, skip this step.</para>
-
     <para><command>sed -i 's/+0 -1/-k 1,2/' afm/make_fonts_map.sh</command>:
-    The make_fonts_map.sh script to uses an option that is invalid with the
+    The <filename>make_fonts_map.sh</filename> script uses an option that is invalid with the
     version of sort installed as part of
     <application>Coreutils-&lfs-coreutils-version;</application>.
@@ -159 +154 @@
     installed by the BLFS instructions.</para>
 
-    <para><command>sed -i -e "s|char \*malloc ();|/* &amp; */|"
-    lib/path-concat.c</command>: This command fixes a build problem with
-    <application>GCC</application>-3.4.x</para>
-
     <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps</parameter>: Configuration data
     is installed in <filename class="directory">/etc/a2ps</filename> instead of
@@ -170 +161 @@
     the dynamic <filename class='libraryfile'>liba2ps</filename> library.</para>
 
-    <para><parameter>--with-medium=letter</parameter>: This switch changes
-    the default paper format of A4 to letter. Installations that utilize A4
-    would eliminate this switch.</para>
+    <para><parameter>--with-medium=letter</parameter>: This switch changes the 
+    default paper format to US letter. It can either be given here or set 
+    in <filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps-site.cfg</filename> after installation. The
+    default is A4, but there are several other options, in particular: A4dj or letterdj are good 
+    settings for HP Deskjet and other printers that need wider paper-handling 
+    margins. See <filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps.cfg</filename> after installation.</para>
 
   </sect2>