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ran@dalek.dgs.monash.edu.au (Ralphe Neill) writes:

>I am hoping for some help/information with the kpathsea library.

>I am compiling the latest web2c et al from ftp.tug.org and the makefile
>in the kpathsea sub-sirectory is heavily broken - I have not been able
>to fix it (yet).

Well, it isn't `horribly broken'.

>However, the kpathsea stuff compiles for the dvips and xdvi packages and
>I am wondering if I can just use the kpathsea library for one of those
>for the web2c needs. I know the author does mention different versions
>and changing interfaces but surely there must be some commonality for
>the packages available currently from the same site.

>Any thought, help, information or pointers would be greatly appreciated!

>Cheers,

>Ralphe Neill

OK, here's the story.  Forget 7.1 for the moment,
grab the web-7.0 and web2c-7.0 files and use them with the
xdvik and dvipsk distributions.

The 7.1 distribution uses a newer configuration setup that doesn't
match up with the old xdvik and dvipsk.

If you really want 7.1, you can grab updated configure programs.
See the attached message.

If you already have a working TeX, I suggest waiting for the upcoming 7.2
distribution, which has many more programs fully integrated.
(I am using 7.2beta6.)

Richard (currently visiting Monash/Caulfield Software Development!).

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From: Olaf Weber <infovore@xs4all.nl>
Sender: owner-tex-k@tug.org
To: tex-k@tug.org
Subject: Re: k-versions of dvips/xdvi/dvilj for web2c-7.1
Date: 15 Dec 1997 15:44:28 +0100
 
Joern Clausen writes:
 
> Does anybody have working versions of the mentioned programs for
> web2c-7.1? Either patches to the latest working releases (for web2c-7.0),
> or "k"-ified versions of the latest stanardard releases? These would
> be greatly appreciated.
 
New versions of the dvivers are still under development.  For the
existing versions, the minimal amount of work that you have to do
appears to be the following:
 
- Copy the 'mkdirchain' script to the web2c-7.1 directory.
- Move the driver directory to the web2c-7.1 directory, and enter it.
- Rename 'c-auto.h.in' to 'c-auto.in'.
- Recreate the configure script, using 'autoconf -m ../etc/autoconf'.
 
Not doing the latter results in corrupted makefiles.
 
Since not everyone has autoconf, I've put new versions of the
configure scripts at the following urls:
 
        http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/configure.dviljk.gz
        http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/configure.dvipsk.gz
        http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/configure.xdvik.gz
 
(With the usual disclaimer about aforementioned software not having
fitness for any particular purpose, and so on.)

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