From Gerben.Wierda at rna.nl Tue Jul 8 17:23:50 2008 From: Gerben.Wierda at rna.nl (Gerben Wierda) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:23:50 +0200 Subject: [Ii2-announce] New i-Installer version (2.90), updated i-Packages Message-ID: Removing leftover bits of previous versions of the i-Package (as contents may evolve over time) has always been a weak point of i- Installer. The removal process is rather not smart. I have improved this by adding some stuff to i-Installer itself and i-Packages that use it will have better uninstall behaviour. Furthermore, I have adapted fontconfig, ghostscript, ImageMagick and FontForge to use this improved mechanism. As some of you may already know, there is a bug in OS X's tar which affects i-Installer. This bugs lets tar create spurious extra files which are not in the archive (files with random three-letter extensions added to existing file names). For this reason a few affected i-Packages have recently been updated (ghostscript, fontconfig, ImageMagick, FontForge) so they do not trigger the bug. Only ghostscript was seriously affected because the created extra files played havoc with Ghostscript's operations resulting in a non- working installation. Since ghostscript is actually crippled by the spurious files created by the bug in OS X, I have improved the ghostscript i-Package that it will tell you if it was unable to clear out an old install entirely and offer you the option to remove the entire ghostscript support files location (/usr/local/share/ghostscript). This removal is generally a safe option, but since it could be that people put stuff there by hand it is an optional action in the ghostscript. Since the i- Package removes old installs both during uninstall and during install, you will also get this option if you install and you have these spurious files. In other words: reinstalling the ghostscript i-Package and saying yes to the option if it appears will clear out the spurious files that hurt ghostscript ability to execute. The other installs do not suffer from these ill-effects, so it is safe to leave the junk there. I might improve the other i-Packages at a later date. G From Gerben.Wierda at rna.nl Tue Jul 8 23:35:18 2008 From: Gerben.Wierda at rna.nl (Gerben Wierda) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 23:35:18 +0200 Subject: [Ii2-announce] New i-Installer version (2.90), updated i-Packages In-Reply-To: <5f089c510807081349s230760f5j492439de2cb97dfe@mail.gmail.com> References: <5f089c510807081349s230760f5j492439de2cb97dfe@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <31791583-D3CC-4D34-8CA6-5D886226C1BE@rna.nl> On Jul 8, 2008, at 10:49 PM, [Name Withheld For Privacy Reasons] wrote: > Trying to update FontForge I get a message that I need to install > gettext. But I have gettext at /usr/local/bin/gettext. This is on > a Mac Powerbook G4 running OS 10.5.4. > > I had no problems updating FontForge on a different machine, an > intel iMac running 10.5.4. The i-Package checks for a library (libintl something) in /usr/local/ lib that is part of gettext. But I just checked and it seems I missed that the current FontForge does not have that dependency anymore. hence, I have removed the dependency and updated the i-Package. Apologies for the inconvenience. Yours, G -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.rna.nl/pipermail/ii2-announce/attachments/20080708/9956d4be/attachment-0001.html From Gerben.Wierda at rna.nl Fri Jul 11 02:19:24 2008 From: Gerben.Wierda at rna.nl (Gerben Wierda) Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:19:24 +0200 Subject: [Ii2-announce] X11 and Tiger Message-ID: <43CCCEC4-D256-4ECC-A967-C49736B0BEFA@rna.nl> Given that Leopard-compiled programs that depend on X11 do not run on Tiger (because of the X11R6 -> X11 change that Apple made) I have temporarily blocked a few i-Packages (FontForge, Ghostscript, autotrace, fontconfig, ImageMagick). These installs do work on Leopard, but not on Tiger. Only those same i-Packages in the *EXPERIMENTAL* i-Directory are available for those who can find them ;-). I hope to fix this soon. G From Gerben.Wierda at rna.nl Thu Jul 24 11:33:49 2008 From: Gerben.Wierda at rna.nl (Gerben Wierda) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:33:49 +0200 Subject: [Ii2-announce] Support request Message-ID: I am working on fixing the problem that has sprung from the X11 location/name change that Apple has made in the Tiger->Leopard move. I need a volunteer with a Tiger system to do a few tests for me, as I do not have a Tiger system anymore. Thanks, G From Gerben.Wierda at rna.nl Fri Jul 25 16:49:59 2008 From: Gerben.Wierda at rna.nl (Gerben Wierda) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:49:59 +0200 Subject: [Ii2-announce] Enough volunteers Message-ID: <42887783-5775-46E4-B906-4A8223312E7A@rna.nl> There are enough volunteers to test the Tiger situation for me. Thanks, G