Re: AFM files & Solaris...

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espie@clipper.ens.fr (Marc Espie) writes:

> Yes, I've seen that variable. But IMHO, this is not a good solution...
> This is a sysadmin thing. I fail to see why the default path should be 
> hardcoded while it is obviously a system-dependent thing.
> 
> Also, having such a queer and long path strikes me as inefficient...
> why bother putting directories that DON'T exist in the path ? especially
> when they are searched each time I'm asking for a new afm file... 
> more NFS traffic for nothing. This should be configured at installation.

I don't want the libwww-perl Makefile.PL to ask about the default
METRICS path since very few libwww-perl users care about a working
Font::AFM module.  If you (or anybody else) can contribute code that
set up the correct path automatically then I would be happy to
incorporate it.  We must also have in mind that the intalled module
can be shared by different environments which keep the AFM files at
different locations.

-- 
Gisle Aas <aas@sn.no>

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