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diff --git a/converter/ppm/hpcdtoppm/README b/converter/ppm/hpcdtoppm/README index a1c7c8c2..ec23ec1b 100644 --- a/converter/ppm/hpcdtoppm/README +++ b/converter/ppm/hpcdtoppm/README @@ -1,20 +1,25 @@ -This 'hpcdtoppm' directory is really just a placeholder for the real -Hpcdtoppm source code. +The 'hpcdtoppm' code in this directory is just a dummy version of the program +that tells you where to get the real code. -The real Hpcdtoppm source code cannot be distributed on Sourceforge -because a copyright holder does not license it in a way open enough to -meet Sourceforge's requirements. +The real "hpcdtoppm' source code cannot be distributed on Sourceforge because +a copyright holder does not license it in a way open enough to meet +Sourceforge's requirements. -Therefore, the Netpbm maintainer distributes Hpcdtoppm via another channel -and distributes this dummy directory in the main Netpbm source tree on -Sourceforge. When you run the program named 'hpcdtoppm' in this directory, -it tells you how to get the real Hpcdtoppm. +Therefore, the Netpbm maintainer distributes 'hpcdtoppm' via another channel +and distributes this dummy directory in the main Netpbm source tree on +Sourceforge. -When you get the real Hpcdtoppm tarball, just unpack it and replace -this entire 'hpcdtoppm' directory with its contents. Then build -Netpbm normally. +The code is at + + http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/convert/hpcdtoppm-netpbm.tgz + +When you get the real 'hpcdtoppm' tarball, just unpack its contents into the +'hpcdtoppm-import' subdirectory. Then build Netpbm normally. The build +detects the presence of the code and builds and packages the real 'hpcdtoppm' +program instead of the dummy one. + +Bear in mind when you get the real 'hpcdtoppm' that it is not as openly +licensed as what's in the rest of the Netpbm source tree. As you'll see in +the license that comes with 'hpcdtoppm', you may _not_ sell it to someone +else.) -Bear in mind when you get the real Hpcdtoppm, that it is not as openly -licensed as what's in the rest of the Netpbm source tree. As you'll -see in the license that comes with Hpcdtoppm, you may _not_ sell it to -someone else.) diff --git a/converter/ppm/hpcdtoppm/hpcdtoppm b/converter/ppm/hpcdtoppm/hpcdtoppm index e1131b91..2a61aa9d 100755 --- a/converter/ppm/hpcdtoppm/hpcdtoppm +++ b/converter/ppm/hpcdtoppm/hpcdtoppm @@ -8,17 +8,15 @@ The real 'hpcdtoppm' is a program that converts an image from Photo CD format to PPM format. The program you are running now just issues the message you are reading. -You can get a copy of Hpcdtoppm from - - http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/convert/hpcdtoppm-netpbm.tgz - -and replace this stand-in program with the real one. +Instructions for getting the 'hpcdtoppm' source code and building it into +Netpbm are in the file converter/ppm/hpcdtoppm/README in the distributed +Netpbm source tree. The point of this is that this stand-in 'hpcdtoppm' is distributed with Netpbm -on Sourceforge. Hpcdtoppm does not meet the requirements to be distributed on -Sourceforge because a copyright holder does not permit people to sell copies. -At one time, the real Hpcdtoppm was distributed with Netpbm on Sourceforge by -mistake. +on Sourceforge. 'hpcdtoppm' does not meet the requirements to be distributed +on Sourceforge because a copyright holder does not permit people to sell +copies. At one time, the real 'hpcdtoppm' was distributed with Netpbm on +Sourceforge by mistake. EOF diff --git a/doc/HISTORY b/doc/HISTORY index cbba1ec9..3341c99a 100644 --- a/doc/HISTORY +++ b/doc/HISTORY @@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ not yet BJH Release 11.02.00 pcdovtoppm: remove dependency on obsolete 'tempfile' program. + build: change the way you add the separately distributed + 'hpcdtoppm' code to the build. + 22.12.31 BJH Release 11.01.00 pamcat: Add -listfile . |