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Subject: Re: Gs
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 13:03:07 +0200
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To: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
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Hi!

Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> skribis:

> the following commit
> commit eb354bdacbf4154ec66038dac07f19bf4ced1fad
> Author: Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org>
> Date:   Mon May 9 15:54:34 2016 +0200
>
>     gnu: ghostscript: Do not build the statically-linked 'gs' binary.
>=20=20=20=20=20
>     * gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm (ghostscript)[arguments]: Remove
>     'build-so' and 'install-so' phases.  Replace 'build' and 'install'
>     phases.

Ahem, I plaid guilty.

> removes "gs" from the ghostscript package. However, this is the usual pro=
gram
> that people expect. For instance, unison uses it for building its
> documentation. Is there a dynamically linked binary which replaces gs?
> If yes, should we add a symbolic link?

I think so.

For the current solution (avoiding a full rebuild), see commit
61dc82d9b90d0545739c30bfc33003bd062071f0.  LilyPond could hard-code the
file name of =E2=80=98gsc=E2=80=99.

Alternately, we could provide a wrapper containing a =E2=80=98gs=E2=80=99 s=
ymlink.

This has been discussed with Efraim IIRC, though I can=E2=80=99t find the t=
hread
now.

Thoughts?

Ludo=E2=80=99.