[OS X TeX] the great heritage netpbm

[Bruno Voisin]

Le 11 janv. 07 à 22:46, Friedrich Vosberg a écrit :

> Morning.
>
> Is the never disappearing reminder for update the NetPBM Tools and  
> Library the heritage of Gerben Wierda? I remember he said, the  
> updated packages would be available if time before 1st of January  
> would permit it. Obviously time didn't permit it. So we must live  
> until our last Karma with the NetPBM reminder, don't we?
>
> TIA and kind regards, Friedrich

Night,

Gerben is aware of the problem and hasn't yet given up. I don't think  
he will mind my reproducing here an off-list message on this.

Bruno Voisin

> De : Gerben Wierda
> Date : 8 janvier 2007 12:27:57 HNEC
> À : Bruno Voisin
> Cc : Richard Koch, Karl Berry
> Objet : Rép : Netpbm leftovers + Progress re. Lucida and MathTime
>
> On Jan 8, 2007, at 11:48 , Bruno Voisin wrote:
>
>> Hi Gerben,
>>
>> I just noticed on my two Macs the existence of files, in /usr/ 
>> local, which seem to be leftovers of an incomplete netpbm  
>> installation:
>>
>> -rw-r--r--     1 root  admin     1497 Sep 30 09:54 Makefile
>> -rw-r--r--     1 root  admin    24520 Sep 27 21:04  
>> Makefile.config.X11
>> -rw-r--r--     1 root  admin    24498 Sep 26 13:56  
>> Makefile.config.X11.thisworks
>> -rw-r--r--     1 root  admin    24482 Sep 27 21:04  
>> Makefile.config.noX11
>> -rwxr-xr-x     1 root  admin       86 Sep 18 13:56 installnetpbm
>> -rw-r--r--     1 root  admin      681 Sep 30 20:06  
>> netpbm.iibless.plist
>> -rwxr-xr-x     1 root  admin      533 Sep 30 22:02 netpbm.prepare
>> -rwxr-xr-x     1 root  admin    14976 Sep 30 22:44 netpbm.remove
>> -rw-r--r--     1 root  admin     3422 Sep 27 21:12 netpbm.rtf
>>
>> Should some step be taken, regarding the problematic netpbm i- 
>> Package, such that these files are removed from user setups?
>
> Somehow, the drama with netpbm has produced an i-package whic  
> contains the i-package source dir (including .svn directory!)
>
> I have been losing som much time with TL I have not been able to  
> look at any other i-Package. netpbm was blocked when I found out  
> and solving this (and securely, think about people who actually  
> have their /usr/local under SVN control?
>
> I am uncertain if I will have the time to resurrect netpbm.
>
> G

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