[aplusdev] Kapl.alias?

[Brian Redman]

Hi Joe,

The rpm file ought to run a post script that concatenates
Kapl.alias onto fonts.alias.  I'm guessing you're not
using "rpm" or perhaps the version you downloaded didn't
have this feature.

I haven't seen an indication from people on comp.lang.apl
if they are installing from the binary rpm or building
the source.  In the case of the latter we will add instructions
to the INSTALL file assuming it's not already in the Makefile
and simply broken.

You can verify what the rpm is supposed to do on Linux with:


	$ rpm -qp aplus-fsf-4.18-1.i386.rpm --scripts
	postinstall script (through /bin/sh):
	cp -f /usr/local/aplus-fsf-4.18/bin/a+ /usr/local/bin/a+
	cp -f /usr/local/aplus-fsf-4.18/fonts/X11/pcf/* /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/
	(cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
	 mkfontdir
	 if [ 0 = `grep -c kapl fonts.alias` ]
	 then
	   cat Kapl.alias >> fonts.alias
	 fi)

The discussion in comp.lang.apl is great feedback and I
intend to update the pages with what we learn there.

Regarding sourceforge... We put A+ up on freshmeat because at
the time their page was simpler.  

  ber