Re: Funding FontForge

Frank Trampe wrote:
> 
> If you insist on building FontForge rather than using the precompiled 
> packages 


There's no precompiled packages for Unix.

And yeah, I *do* "insist" on building my own software. I'm not 
interested in clogging up my disks with 400 gigabytes of useless 
mentally-retarded shit.


> If you don't have time to read the build instructions, and you're sure 
> that you have all of the new prerequisites (not my idea by the way) 
> installed, try this: {
> ./bootstrap; ./configure; make;
> }.


gort 10% ./bootstrap
bootstrap:   error: One of these is required:
bootstrap:                 libtoolize        glibtoolize

dream on

bootstrap:   error: 'perl' version == 5.4 is too old
bootstrap:          'perl' version >= 5.5 is required

oh well. too bad

bootstrap:   error: Prerequisite 'tar' not found. Please install it, or
bootstrap:          'export AMTAR=/path/to/tar'.

unh-hunh

gort 11% which tar
/usr/bin/tar


btw, gnu tar absolutely *butchers* anything it tars up now.
Not sure when that happened but PaxHeaders spread all over
every time I untar something, the gnu gnu boys can put that
where the sun don't shine either.


Just not interested, you know ? ./Configure, make, make
install has been around since the dawn of gnu. If you don't
want to use it that's fine.

But by the same token, I'm not going to bother with your
stuff, either. I'm finished jumping through hoops.

It's pointless. Not my job.


This situation may have something to do with the flagging
interest in software development, you know ....


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