Re: libcupsfilters: mupdf not "Required"

Am 06.12.25 um 21:40 schrieb Bruce Dubbs ([email protected] via
blfs-dev Mailing List):
> On 12/6/25 10:31 AM, Rainer Fiebig ([email protected] via blfs-dev Mailing
> List) wrote:
>> 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
> 
> I like that, but to decide whether to make them recommended or optional,
> I'm wondering what they do for libcupsfilters.
Or for cups-filters which also has those two config-options.

> 
> We do say ghostscript OR mupdf.  I'm guessing they convert to a pdf
> instead of the default ps format.
> 
> Perhaps one of them is needed to just output to a pdf file.
Or perhaps even both.  I had removed mupdf from the system and had
rebuilt libcupsfilters _and_ cups-filters with ghostscript but without
mupdf.  I just discovered that now Firefox and Thunderbird hang and have
to be killed when trying to print a page or email via the system
print-dialogue.  Printing a pdf from LO-Writer or Kate still works.

A bit too late now, so I'll taken another look tomorrow.

Rainer

-- 
http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/sympa/info/blfs-dev
Unsubscribe: See the above information page