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

[Heavenly Avenger <avenger@avenger.ws>]

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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