Subject: Re: 1.4.2 packages available
To: None <mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu, port-pmax@netbsd.org, talon16m@hotmail.com>
From: Daniel Senderowicz <daniel@bicho.SynchroDS.COM>
List: port-pmax
Date: 05/25/2000 18:37:28
I noticed that you compiled ghostscript5.50, that according to a
personal mail from Peter Deutsch (the author) has some serious
bugs, especially in pdf2ps and pswrite. 6.01, that fixes these and
other driver problems has been available for quite a while now.

In any case, thanks for the effort.

Dan

>on 5/25/00 6:54 PM, mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu at mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu wrote
>something like:
>
>> 
>> 
>> I've finished a complete pkgsrc build on a 1.4.2 pmax with pkgsrc from
>> about 6 weeks ago (how long the build took).  There are now 989 binary
>> packages (525 Mb worth) for ftp.  The missing packages are either
>> restricted (crypto or license problems) or didn't build.
>> 
>> Hmm, now to see whats wrong with the rest..
>> 
>> enjoy
>> 
>> -Dan
>> 
>> 
>> 
>
>    Most excellent, I'm sure the whole Pmax/hcpmips mailing lists are very
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>
>    Chris
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