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ESP Ghostscript 8.15rc2

Created at 08:38 Feb 22, 2005 by mike, last modified at 08:54 Feb 22, 2005

ESP Ghostscript 8.15rc2 is the second release candidate based on GPL Ghostscript 8.15 and includes an enhanced configure script, the CUPS raster driver, many GPL drivers, support for dynamically loaded drivers (currently implemented for the X11 driver), and several GPL Ghostscript bug fixes. The new release also fixes all of the reported STRs from ESP Ghostscript 7.07.x.

In accordance with the CUPS Configuration Management Plan, you now have until Tuesday, March 8th to test this release candidate to determine if there are any high-priority problems and report them using the Software Trouble Report form at:

    http://www.cups.org/espgs/str.php

Reports sent to the CUPS newsgroups or mailing lists are not automatically entered into the trouble report database and will not influence the final production release of ESP Ghostscript, so it is very important that you report any problems you identify using the form.

Changes in 8.15rc2:

• The PCL XL driver now supports duplexing and media sources.
• The CUPS driver now supports choosing a media size by dimensions and bottom-left margins (STR #855)
• Fixed IJS driver bug in KRGB and 1-bit colorspace support (STR #1077)
• Added many old japanese printer drivers: "ljet4pjl", "lj4dithp", "dj505j", "picty180", "lips2p", "bjc880j", "pr201", "pr150", "pr1000", "pr1000_4", "jj100", "bj10v", "bj10vh", "mag16", "mag256", "mj700v2c", "mj500c", "mj6000c", "mj8000c", "fmpr", "fmlbp", "ml600", "lbp310", "lbp320", "md50Mono", "md50Eco", "md1xMono"
• Fixed PCL-XL driver color bug (STR #1080)
• Merged bug fixes from GPL Ghostscript CVS (STR #1083)
• Fixed segfault problem on PowerPC platform (STR #1079)
• Fixed building of dynamically linked X drivers ("./configure --enable-dynamic")
• Fixed problem with compiling both of the LIPS drivers at the same time (STR #1078)
• Added missing opvp and oprp drivers to configure script.

Comments

From mykmelez, 15:13 Mar 31, 2005 (score=3)

The src/macosx.mak makefile didn't work for me when I tried to compile on Mac OS X 10.3.8, but the makefile generated by ./configure did once I gave it LIBS="-liconv":

./configure LIBS="-liconv"

I also needed to compile and install libjpeg, libpng, zlib, and cups itself, since espgs needs cups, libjpeg, and libpng headers to compile, and libpng requires zlib.

http://www.ijg.org/

http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html

http://www.gzip.org/zlib/

http://www.cups.org/software.php

I configured cups with --prefix=/usr/local, since I didn't want it to interfere with Mac OS X's native cups installation (especially since I'm not going to be using my own installation for anything, I just need it for compiling espgs).

I also added /usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin to the default PATH for all users by editing /etc/csh.login and /etc/profile, since Mac OS X doesn't add those paths to the PATH by default, and otherwise PPDs that need it won't be able to find it (unless they hardcode its path, like hpijs for Mac OS X does but which the pxl1010 PPD for the hp LaserJet 1012 does not).  I had to log out and log back in for this change to take effect.  You could also just configure espgs to install into /usr/bin with --prefix=/usr, but that seemed hackier to me.

Of course, I also needed to install Xcode 1.5 from connect.apple.com, since that provides the development tools needed to compile applications. Reply