From: Stuart Henderson <stu@spacehopper.org>
Subject: Re: [UPDATE] comms/hylafax 6.0.6 -> 7.0.11
To: Larry Moore <lmoore@starwon.com.au>
Cc: ports@openbsd.org
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 08:51:29 +0000

On 2026/03/09 15:07, Larry Moore wrote:
> I'm working through the issue with the Ghostscript fonts and have
> the faxsetup script working.
> 
> The remaining problem is that the fonts generated and listed in the
> Fontmap.HylaFAX file (generated using HylaFAX+ genfontmap.ps), is
> that the fonts listed cannot be found on the system.
> 
> It appears the fonts required would normally be in
> ${LOCALBASE}/share/ghostscript/${VERSION}/Resource/Font.
> 
> Looking through changes in CVSWEB, I haven't found any comments
> relating to the Resource folder, let alone why it was removed. It
> appears they disappeared from the build on the 27th of January 2022
> - see https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/checkout/ports/print/ghostscript/gnu/pkg/PLIST,v?rev=1.30
> 
> Would someone be able to explain why this change was made?

Upstream changed default builds to use compiled-in fonts (they call it
a rom-based filesystem, search for %rom% in ghostscript source to find
code related to this). Not sure exactly when it was done, current docs
suggest it can be disabled but don't say how:

https://ghostscript.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Use.html#explicit-cidfont-substitution