Re: libcupsfilters: mupdf not "Required"

"Rainer Fiebig" ([email protected] via blfs-dev Mailing List) <[email protected]> Sat, 6 Dec 2025 17:31:50 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.lfs.beyond.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Am 06.12.25 um 17:09 schrieb Rainer Fiebig ([email protected] via blfs-dev
Mailing List):
> Mupdf is labeled as "Required" for libcupsfilters.  However,
> libcupsfilters-2.1.1 can be built without mupdf, using the config-option
> 
> 	--disable-mutool
> 
> I just did so and the build was fine, including the tests.
> 
> So I suggest do downgrade mupdf to "Recommended" or perhaps even
> "Optional" for libcupsfilters.

This seems to go even further as there is also

	--disable-ghostscript

as a config-option.  So it seems to me that ghostscript can/should also
be downgraded, like mupdf.

Here's part of the build-log, building without both, ghostscript and mupdf:
[...]
Build configuration:
        libcups:         2.4.15
        cups-config:     system
        poppler:         yes
        ghostscript:     no
        gs-path:
        mutool:          no
        mutool-path:
        ippfind-path:    system
        imagefilters:    yes
        jpeg:            yes
        exif:            yes
        png:             yes
        tiff:            yes
        dbus:            yes
        werror:          no
        test-font:       /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
[...]
============================================================================
Testsuite summary for libcupsfilters 2.1.1
============================================================================
# TOTAL: 7
# PASS:  7
# SKIP:  0
# XFAIL: 0
# FAIL:  0
# XPASS: 0
# ERROR: 0
============================================================================


Rainer

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