[debian-devel:10908] Re: Bug#41570: [root@xxxxxxxxxxxx: Bug#49732: gs complaining about missing font 'min']

[Marco Pistore <pistore@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 11:56:01PM +0900, Taketoshi Sano wrote:
> Hi. I will check this. of course the quick way around is to disable 
> kanji-support with comment out it in debian/rules, but it is not our wishes.

Clearly, i'd prefer not to remove the kanji support. However, if we
are not able to find a good fix in a pair of days, i'll upload a new
version with kanji-support disabled, as a temporary patch.

In the meantime, i have given a look to the problem: it seems to
reside in file /usr/lib/ghostscrfipt/5.10/kanji/kconfig.ps, that, if i
understand correctly, describes the kanji fonts that are available on
the sistem. In particular, the instructions

  /Ryumin-Light          4300000 (min)   VFlibkanji
  /GothicBBB-Medium      4300200 (goth)  VFlibkanji

try to load the fonts and complain if they are not present on the
system.  A possibility would be to move this file to /etc/ and to
modify it dynamically, when new kanji fonts are added to the system.
Another possibility is to manage kanji fonts as ordinary fonts are
handled, i.e., by looking at the font files only when the fonts are
used.

Any hint is welcome!

> I sent this mail also to debian-devel@debian.or.jp, so other members in
> Debian JP can work on this also, I hope.

Thank you for your help,

Marco