Re: Fwd: [fixed] Stubborn ghostscript 9.19 not upgrading to 9.23

[Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru>]

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Greetings, Heavenly Avenger!

> Sorry, problem solved...

> $ cygcheck -c libgs9
> Cygwin Package Information
> Package              Version        Status
> libgs9               9.23-1         OK

> $ cygcheck -l libgs9
> /usr/bin/cyggs-9.dll

> $ ls -l /usr/bin/cyggs-9.dll
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 avenger None 11816979 Jun 29  2016 /usr/bin/cyggs-9.dll

> Yeah, cygcheck, yeah...  (notice 2016 above?) :P

> Seems cygcheck -c does not really pokes checksum of every file in the 
> package? I wonder why this didn't report as corrupt.

Checksums change after rebase.

> After reinstalling libgs9:
> $ ls -l /usr/bin/cyggs-9.dll
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 avenger Administrators 12393491 Mar 21 17:58 
> /usr/bin/cyggs-9.dll

> $ gs --version
> 9.23

> Works now. I guess I should just search for 2016 DLLs within /usr/bin 
> and assume them all as broken, and reinstall the packages. :)


> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:        Stubborn ghostscript 9.19 not upgrading to 9.23
> Date:   Fri, 20 Jul 2018 22:58:45 -0300
> From:   Heavenly Avenger <avenger@avenger.ws>
> To:     cygwin@cygwin.com



> Hello!

> I got into this problem that ghostscript refuses to upgrade.

> If I try to run a rtf2ps.sh I used to do frequently, I'm getting this:


> Looking for the error I see somebody mentioning it should be under
> /usr/share/gs/*. I have only /usr/share/ghostscript/*, and it looks like
> the same. Therein, I have 9.19 and 9.23 directories, which suggests
> there's some leftovers from 9.19. Yet, if I try to find the missing file
> (gs_init.ps), I get it within the 9.23 tree. Then it /should/ be good.

> Then, moved to /usr/bin and:

> $ ./gs --version
> 9.19
> $ ls /usr/share/ghostscript/
> 9.19  9.23  fonts

> I closed all cygwin terminals, checked up whether no cygwin process was
> running, and performed a reinstall of the ghostscript package. It reads
> 9.23 in setup_x86_64.exe, so I left a little confuse as to why it is not
> getting updated... maybe the package is nuts? Double checked, gs.exe
> process is not running nor stuck.

> Any ideas about what's going on here? :) I would prefer to be able to
> fully upgrade the package, but if the only way is to keep the old one or
> do some hacky symlinks, I guess I would need to live with that. :(


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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Saturday, July 21, 2018 12:24:15

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