On Thu, 9 Oct 1997, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > It's too bad that the libc6 upgrade is leaving users out in the cold for so > long... > > I just got an Epson Stylus Color 800 printer to try out, and > I could managed much resolution out of Debian 1.3's installed > ghostscript. > > $ gs -h > Aladdin Ghostscript 3.33 (4/10/1995) > > Now, the latest and greatest from http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ > is Aladdin Ghostscript 5.03, so the installed version is very old. > > Okay, so I notice that `non-free' has gs-aladdin 4.03-7. > > gs-aladdin 5.03-1 is available in unstable, but lists *no* related > packages on the web page (This is a bug!). > > I downloaded it to find it needs: > > libc6, libjpegg6a, libpaperg (>= 1.0.3-4), libpng0g, svgalibg1, > xlib6g (>= 3.3-5), zlib1g > > So it's based on libc6... > > I presume I'm not the first to need Aladdin Ghostscript 5.03 to drive > a recent printer. Should I just get the sources and install them > over Debian's installed files? Do I need anything else? Will I screw > up my Debian 1.3 system if I do so?
Hi, i am the maintainer of gs-aladdin. I understand that a libc5 version of gs-aladdin 5.03 is urgently required. Unfortulnately it is quite difficult (at least for me) to produce it working on a libc6 system. This week-end i went home and installed Debian 1.3 on my old computer, so i was able to obtain a libc5 gs-aladdin 5.03! (I'll upload it this night). I am sorry for the delay of my answer, but i did not read the mail since Friday. Hopefully the new version will solve your problems... Thank you, Marco -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
