xprint: Changes to 'debian-unstable'
README | 15 +++++++++++++++
configure.ac | 4 ++--
debian/control | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit d1757cef60f5fb93d2fb588ef2bffec6143fd2b6
Author: Drew Parsons <dparsons@debian.org>
Date: Thu Oct 29 20:52:43 2009 +1100
Build and Depend on libxfontp-dev not libxfont-dev
libxfontp is libxfont 1.3, required for an operational Xprt.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 5227561..a78b186 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Build-Depends:
x11proto-input-dev (>= 1.5),
x11proto-dri2-dev (>= 2.1),
libxdmcp-dev (>= 1:0.99.1),
- libxfont-dev,
+ libxfontp-dev,
libfontenc-dev,
libxkbfile-dev (>= 1:0.99.1),
libpixman-1-dev (>= 0.13.2),
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Vcs-Browser: http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-xorg/xserver/xprint.git
Package: xprint
Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, xprint-common, libxfont1 (>= 1:1.1)
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, xprint-common, libxfontp1 (>= 1:1.1)
Recommends: xprint-utils
Conflicts: xprt (<= 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10)
Description: X11 print system (binary)
commit e5dfe6b4987b5723ea0c7fe88f5ff821ee3e44f5
Author: Drew Parsons <dparsons@debian.org>
Date: Thu Oct 29 20:26:23 2009 +1100
README discusses build issues around libXfont 1.4.
libXfont 1.4 removed Xprint font support, so need built-in fonts:
Need ./configure --enable-builtin-fonts
However this causes unresolved segfaults in client programs.
The default situation (--disable-builtin-fonts) successfully uses
external fonts but only builds against libXfont 1.3.
Also included suggestion to use libcairo instead of Xprint for those who
need the WYSIWYG or print-to-pdf/postscript functionality.
diff --git a/README b/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f2eb35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Xprint is now deprecated.
+
+For a WYSIWYG-style printing API giving equivalence between what appears in an
+X windows and what gets printed on paper or to pdf or postscript, you may want
+to consider using libcairo, the Cairo graphics library
+(http://cairographics.org/)
+
+Font support for Xprint was removed from libXfont 1.4. To build Xprt under
+libXfont 1.4 (or later) you will need to use built-in fonts
+ ./configure --enable-builtin-fonts
+(By default built-in fonts are not used, equivalent to --disable-builtin-fonts).
+
+However built-in fonts may cause a segfault in client programs, which has not
+been debugged since Xprint is deprecated. For an operational Xprt you may want
+to built against libXfont 1.3.
commit 48dcb52fb56999b59d8b8ff037a127cbd4fddca1
Author: Drew Parsons <Drew.Parsons@anu.edu.au>
Date: Thu Oct 29 20:04:49 2009 +1100
Revert "By default, enable built-in fonts in configure script."
This reverts commit f7b940677eae414ab08ce41fe6bdb7253b7a7864.
The built-in fonts (--enable-builtin-fonts) trigger a segfault with
clients. That is, Xprt will build and run successfully with them, but
when a client such as xpsimplehelloworld tries to print via Xprt, it
segfaults. Since Xprint is deprecated, motivation is not high for
fully debugging this problem.
The workaround around will be to not use built-in fonts (i.e.
reverting the previous commit to use --disable-builtin-fonts by
default again), and build against libXfont 1.3 (rather than the latest
libXfont 1.4, which has Xprint support removed).
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a58c303..48ca285 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -504,9 +504,9 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(install-libxf86config,
[Install libxf86config (default: disabled)]),
[INSTALL_LIBXF86CONFIG=$enableval],
[INSTALL_LIBXF86CONFIG=no])
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(builtin-fonts, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-builtin-fonts], [Use only built-in fonts (default: use built-in fonts)]),
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(builtin-fonts, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-builtin-fonts], [Use only built-in fonts (default: use external)]),
[BUILTIN_FONTS=$enableval],
- [BUILTIN_FONTS=yes])
+ [BUILTIN_FONTS=no])
AC_ARG_ENABLE(null-root-cursor, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-null-root-cursor], [Use an empty root cursor (default: use core cursor)]),
[NULL_ROOT_CURSOR=$enableval],
[NULL_ROOT_CURSOR=no])
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