ghostscript compile

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On 01/03/03 20:31, Joel Hammer wrote:
> You might find it easier just to get a version of gs which has your driver
> compiled in it. As I recall, trying to compile gs was beyond me.
> 
> Joel
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 09:29:47PM -0500, harley7 at mnsi.net wrote:
>> I've been trying to get my printer, lexmark 3200, working under debian.
>> It worked under mandrake before so I know it works with linux. After
>> much RTFM, I found out the driver for this printer wasn't compiled into
>> the debian pre-packaged gs. So my question is how do you compile a
>> driver into gs that doesn't come standard? Has anyone needed to do this
>> before?

Agreed.  I remember attempting to help a friend compile a print driver 
in ghostscript about 2 years ago.  I was praying to be thrown into a 
circle of hell after fighting with it for a few hours.  ghostscript is 
one of those ancient UNIX legacy apps that really needs a massive 
overhaul.  Its been ported to death and really is utterly frightening in 
its internals.

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