a2ps download site

[Igor Pechtchanski]

Dave,

The patch still includes auto-generated files.  I doubt an 800k patch is
necessary to build a package that builds OOTB on Cygwin.  Please
regenerate the patch after doing a "make distclean" in the source
directory.  Also, your patch has CRLF endings, please run d2u on it.
	Igor
P.S. I realize that the original source distro also includes "configure"
and the like.
P.P.S. Which version of autoconf did you use to build the package?  I have
2.13 and it bombs on the AC_REPLACE_TYPES macro in configure.in (I'm not
discounting cockpit error, though).  But if the package does require
specific versions of autotools, it should be mentioned in the README.

On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 David_Hudson@capgroup.com wrote:

> Here are the direct links to the files:
>
> http://mysite.verizon.net/res1xzsj/cygwin/a2ps-4.12-1.tar.bz2
> http://mysite.verizon.net/res1xzsj/cygwin/a2ps-4.12-1-src.tar.bz2
>
> I fixed the README file as well.
>
> Igor, I have been using gcc 3.2 to build the package. Maybe that explains
> the build problem. The fix is very simple, but I want to test it a bit
> first before release it.
>
> Thanks
> Dave
>
>
>                     Igor
>                     Pechtchanski         To:     David Hudson/INV/CG/CAPITAL@CG
>                     <pechtcha@cs.n       cc:     cygwin-apps@cygwin.com
>                     yu.edu>              Subject:     Re: a2ps download site
>
>                     04/14/2003
>                     09:17 AM
>                     Please respond
>                     to cygwin-apps
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 David_Hudson@capgroup.com wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thanks for the feedback so far.
> >
> > I am not sure why version 4.13 (the latest version) does not compile
> > on my machine since it compiles out of the box on everyone else's. I
> > will take a look at that, but would like to contribute v4.12 in the
> > meantime. I have uploaded the binary and the source at:
> >
> > http://mysite.verizon.net/res1xzsj/cygwin/
> >
> > Let me know how it goes.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Dave
>
> Dave,
>
> Some feedback:
> For the future, it's usually a good idea to provide direct links to files
> in the message, rather than a page link...
>
> The packaging looks good.  I have a few nits for the source package,
> though:
> - Since you include autoconf and configure into the build instructions,
> there is no need to include auto-generated files (e.g., Makefile) into the
> patch.  Please do "make distclean" before running diff.
> - Why do the build instructions in the readme require cd'ing to "cygwin"
> to run configure?
>
> Also, there is a typo in the README: "require ant special installation"
>                                                 ^
> Other than that, are you using gcc 3 or gcc 2 to compile 4.13?  Back when
> it worked for me, I used gcc 2.  It's quite possible that gcc 3 is
> stricter about some things...
>            Igor
> P.S. I haven't verified that the package executables work...  I don't
> normally use a2ps heavily (if at all).

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