diff --git a/book/bookinfo.xml b/book/bookinfo.xml
index 86bda7c3d1..1c027c9f0f 100644
--- a/book/bookinfo.xml
+++ b/book/bookinfo.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
&pubdate;
- 2001-2007
+ 2001-2008
BLFS Development Team
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 49731e3f32..2c6cb097b4 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ $LastChangedBy$
$Date$
-->
-
+
-
+
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ $Date$
-
+
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 66ca8f5450..56097a1b56 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@
-->
+
+ April 4th, 2008
+
+
+ [richard] - updated to a2ps-4.14.
+
+
+ [richard] - changed copyright to include 2008, in bookinfo.
+
+
+
+
April 3rd, 2008
diff --git a/pst/ps/a2ps.xml b/pst/ps/a2ps.xml
index 63ae31c593..eb9e68354d 100644
--- a/pst/ps/a2ps.xml
+++ b/pst/ps/a2ps.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
-
-
-
-
+
+
+
+
]>
@@ -79,14 +79,13 @@
a2ps Dependencies
Recommended
- or
+ , or
(otherwise, a2ps will use the
cat >/dev/lp0 command instead of lpr
for sending its output to the printer)
-
+
Optional
,
- ,
,
or ,
Adobe
Reader, and
Ghostview
+ url="http://www.gnu.org/software/ghostview/ghostview.html">Ghostview
+
User Notes:
@@ -107,19 +107,20 @@
Install a2ps by running the following
commands:
-sed -i "s|emacs||" contrib/Makefile.in &&
-sed -i 's/+0 -1/-k 1,2/' afm/make_fonts_map.sh &&
+sed -i 's/+0 -1/-k 1,2/' afm/make_fonts_map.sh &&
sed -i "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" configure &&
-sed -i "s|char \*malloc ();|/* & */|" \
- lib/path-concat.c &&
./configure --prefix=/usr \
- --sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps --localstatedir=/var \
- --enable-shared --with-medium=letter &&
+ --sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps \
+ --enable-shared \
+ --with-medium=letter &&
make
To test the results, issue: make check.
The printers.tst test will fail, as there is no default
- test printer.
+ test printer. The styles.tst also may fail, and the tests report
+ some inconsistencies between the generated postscript and the reference sets, at
+ the moment there is no explanation of this, but the failures do not appear to
+ affect the operation of the program.
Now, as the root user:
@@ -140,14 +141,8 @@ mv fonts.map.new fonts.map
Command Explanations
- sed -i -e "s|emacs||" contrib/Makefile.in:
- This command eliminates the compiling and installing of the
- Emacs script files. If you have substituted
- Emacs for Vi as your
- primary editor, skip this step.
-
sed -i 's/+0 -1/-k 1,2/' afm/make_fonts_map.sh:
- The make_fonts_map.sh script to uses an option that is invalid with the
+ The make_fonts_map.sh script uses an option that is invalid with the
version of sort installed as part of
Coreutils-&lfs-coreutils-version;.
If you are using an older version of Coreutils,
@@ -158,10 +153,6 @@ mv fonts.map.new fonts.map
Ghostscript fonts at the location where they were
installed by the BLFS instructions.
- sed -i -e "s|char \*malloc ();|/* & */|"
- lib/path-concat.c: This command fixes a build problem with
- GCC-3.4.x
-
--sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps: Configuration data
is installed in /etc/a2ps instead of
/usr/etc.
@@ -169,9 +160,12 @@ mv fonts.map.new fonts.map
--enable-shared: This switch enables building
the dynamic liba2ps library.
- --with-medium=letter: This switch changes
- the default paper format of A4 to letter. Installations that utilize A4
- would eliminate this switch.
+ --with-medium=letter: This switch changes the
+ default paper format to US letter. It can either be given here or set
+ in /etc/a2ps/a2ps-site.cfg after installation. The
+ default is A4, but there are several other options, in particular: A4dj or letterdj are good
+ settings for HP Deskjet and other printers that need wider paper-handling
+ margins. See /etc/a2ps/a2ps.cfg after installation.