Re: solution for GMT and ps2epsi

["Eric G. Miller" <egm2@jps.net>]

On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 10:34:51AM +0100, Malte Thoma wrote:
> I have found a solution for the problem.
> 
> the debian 'gs' package contains
> >gs -v
> >GNU Ghostscript 6.53 (2002-02-13)
> >Copyright (C) 2002 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA. All rights reserved.
> 
> which is NOT compatible to the postscript code GMT creates
> the debian 'gs-aladdin' package contains
> >gs -v
> >AFPL Ghostscript 7.00 (2001-04-08)
> >Copyright (C) 2001 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA.  All rights reserved.
> 
> if you install 'gs-aladdin' instead of 'gs'
> 1. ps2epsi works and
> 2. the problem descriped at the bottom of this page disappears
> 
> ... but I still do nit understand the reason.
> Is the aladdin-gs 'better' than the GNU-Version?

Mainly a difference in age.  Did you not notice both are copyright by
artofcode?  Presumably, the newer "gs-aladdin" is going to be a little
better than the older ones released under GPL.

-- 
Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>


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