From: thoth@uiuc.edu (Ben Cox) Subject: Re: df wanted / gs binaries Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1992 04:48:47 GMT
jwinstea@jarthur.claremont.edu (Jim Winstead Jr.) writes:
>Better yet, 'df' is a part of the GNU file utilties, which compile
>cleanly under Linux. (Make sure to define ST_BLOCKS_MISSING, or
>whatever it is that tells the programs not to use the st_blocks thing,
>which is defined but not implemented.
>>Also, is there a compiled version of gs (GhostScript) for Linux?
>Not that I'm aware of, but the source is available on prep.ai.mit.edu,
>and should compile reasonably cleanly. (I was able to compile gs 2.4
>under an older compiler and it went fine, as I remember.)
I was able to compile it with 2.11c, using the unix-gcc Makefile and
the "-DSYSV -D__SVR3" flags. No other changes needed.
Please note that the "-D__SVR3" flag is necessary, because it causes
gs not to use the st_blocks thing -- which, as Jim says, is defined
but not implemented.