[bug #65974] configure: recognize Arch Linux's location(s) for the Ghostscript URW fonts

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:26:12 -0400 (EDT)
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Follow-up Comment #32, bug #65974 (group groff):=0A=0AAlso see bug #68567.=
=0A=0AThere, Deri noted:=0A=0A> The problem is this line /usr/share/ghostsc=
ript/Resource/Font". We know that=0A> if the only URW fonts found are the o=
nes supplied in Ghostscript's Resource=0A> font directory there are not goi=
ng to be any AFMs. groff_have_urw_fonts=0A> should only be set if the pfb f=
iles are found elsewhere. It is sufficient to=0A> just have $GHOSTSCRIPT !=
=3D "missing" to know that "intermediate" is=0A> available.=0A> =0A> It was=
 commit 70bb117ece09e which added this path erroneously, if it is=0A> remov=
ed your test script will start to work.=0A> =0A> I have tested this by addi=
ng my ghostscript Resource/Font to groff.m4, hiding=0A> real URW fonts wher=
e configure won't find them, and I get the same results as=0A> manjaro. If =
I then remove the line from groff.m4 it then reports=0A> "intermediate" and=
 the check test works.=0A> =0A> Commit 05e6d85 was the correct commit for A=
rch linux, the earlier commit was=0A> the directory that ghostscript uses f=
or fonts which configure should not be=0A> looking at, it is only looking f=
or the path to the URW fonts package, not=0A> ghostscript.=0A=0A=0A    ____=
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