HEADSUP: X.Org conversion
Conrad J. Sabatier
conrads at cox.net
Fri Jul 23 17:41:24 PDT 2004
On 24-Jul-2004 Eric Anholt wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 17:25, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
>> On 24-Jul-2004 Eric Anholt wrote:
>> > On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 17:07, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Just one question: have the inconsistencies been worked out in
>> >> translating XFree86 fonts package dependencies to Xorg fonts
>> >> packages? Have all ports that depend on XFree86 fonts packages
>> >> been adjusted, and if so, how was this issue resolved?
>> >
>> > Yes, it was dealt with by making those ports point at the font
>> > package that provides truetype fonts.
>>
>> OK, but then what about the dependencies on Type1 fonts? Those have
>> all just been dropped? Might it not be better to ensure that both
>> packages are listed now as dependencies?
>
> Do those package actually depend on type1 fonts? If so, then they
> should be fixed to depend on them.
>
> I didn't investigate deeply. I'm pretty sure they just want a pretty
> scalable font.
Could be. I haven't looked that closely at them, either. :-)
Rather unfortunate, isn't it, that the font packages don't have a
one-to-one correspondence between the two systems.
Ah well, I'm sure this will all work itself out over time. I am just
*so* pleased that the transition has finally come about and the tedious
running of pkgdb after every portupgrade will no longer be necessary.
Thanks once again for the great work!
--
Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads at cox.net> -- "In Unix veritas"
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