Re: pfb2t1c and cm-super (was: Effect of Replaces in coexisting packages)
On Mit, 14 Sep 2005, Ralf Stubner wrote:
> I am not experienced enough with deb packaging to know a clean solution
> for this. However, would it make sense to ship some sort of dummy file
> plus links pointing to this dummy file instead of the pfb files? In
> postinst, these links are removed and replaced with the actual pfb
> files. No idea if something like that would be 'legal'.
I add my "me too". I am not experienced enough how to cope with these
problems. That is also the reason why I switched to a full distribution
in my packages.
I think hopefully some of the DD gurus on the list can enlighten us in
this matter!
> Another possibility, which goes way beyond Debian packaging but sounds
> interesting anyway, would be to add a mktexpfb (or extend mktexpk) such
> that pfb files can be created from the compressed t1c files at run time,
> just as mf/tfm/pk/... files are created now.
Long long long term. I guess this is not easily added to all the
programs requiring the pfb files. And then, we want them integrated into
X/gnome/fontconfig, so forget it ;-)
Best wishes
Norbert
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