They were previously compressed (*.Z). Now the XFree group uses the gnu compression tool (gzip/*.gz). The compress algorithm has some copyright/distribution problems--gzip doesn't. The choice is made by the XFree foundation, not debian, though it makes better sense for debian, too.
Yes this did cause some problems for my commercial X-server (AX 3.1). I had to gunzip all the fonts in each directory, and since my debian system doesn't have the compress utility, I couldn't get any of the space back. Xi Graphics say they are working on a fix. On Thu, 24 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello all! > > I noticed that the majority of the X-windows fonts are gzipped. > Has this always been the case? I'd imagine that xfree86 supports > this.. but, some of the other "commercial" X-window servers may > not. Should there be some configuration option during installation > for choosing between gzipped and non-gzipped fonts? > > Richard.. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Richard Dansereau > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home page: http://pobox.com/~rdanse > Electrical and Computer Engineering - University of Manitoba - Canada > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
