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Re: libmspack's debian/



Hi,

Kevin B. Hendricks wrote:
> So I will be adding an "uncabinet.c" file (based on cabrip.c and cabd_md5.c as 
> suggested by Stuart (thank you again!) and an OOo makefile.mk that will be 
> built right alongside specific files in the mspack/ subdirectory to create a 
> simple command line tool called "uncabinet".  No static library libmspack.a 
> will be built or delivered, only an "uncabinet" simple command line tool.
> 
> This tool will then be invoked by a Basic "Wizard" macro which will download 
> the MS core fonts and "uncabinet" them and install them along with probably a 
> set of URW font files and other fonts needed for specific locales (only the 
> MS fotn files need the "uncabinet").
> 
> So I was not planning a full blown inclusion of libmspack.a or (shared 
> versions) and was instead generating a simple "uncabinet" command line tools 
> to be utilized solely by the Font installer wizard macro code.

ah.

[ ... ]

> So for the foreseeable future, Debian need not worry about integrating 
> libmspack separately from OOo (although I am sure that would be nice for 
> everyone involved), since upstream OOo would do the build with its own 
> makefile.mk process to create just an "uncabinet" command line tool.

[ snip ]

Grüße/Regards,

René
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