Stubborn ghostscript 9.19 not upgrading to 9.23

Stubborn ghostscript 9.19 not upgrading to 9.23

[Heavenly Avenger]

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

[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.

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

[Andrey Repin]

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

[Heavenly Avenger]

Checksums may change after rebase, but maybe file size and date? File 
creation time may work.


On 7/21/2018 6:24 AM, Andrey Repin wrote:
> 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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Re: Fwd: [fixed] Stubborn ghostscript 9.19 not upgrading to 9.23

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Heavenly Avenger!

Please don't top-post.

>>> 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.

> Checksums may change after rebase, but maybe file size and date? File
> creation time may work.

Timestamps are META-information, not an attribute of the file itself.


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Monday, July 23, 2018 8:47:09

Sorry for my terrible english...


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

[Brian Inglis]

On 2018-07-21 05:30, Heavenly Avenger wrote:
> Checksums may change after rebase, but maybe file size and date? 
> File creation time may work.
Creation/birth time is setup's archive file extract/install time, and mod time
should be the same as in the archive if setup sets that, but cygcheck has no way
to check either, as setup logs but does not track install times, and users may
remove installed archives any time.

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