[NTG-context] Re: zint 2.12.0 barcode generator

[Keith McKay <mckaymeister@gmail.com>]

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Thanks Michal!
I'll give this a try over the next few days and report back.
Best wishes
Keith

On Sun, 20 Aug 2023, 18:38 Michal Vlasák, <lahcim8@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun Aug 20, 2023 at 6:28 PM CEST, Keith McKay wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've updated the zint barcode generator on my mac mini to 2.12.0 and now
> > no barcode is produced. I have this vague recollection that it is only
> > the 2.10.0 version of zint which works in ConTeXt. If I am correct, is
> > ConTeXt likely to be updated so that 2.12.0 works?  I originally
> > installed zint with Homebrew. There is a very complicated thread on
> > stackoverflow on how to downgrade to previous versions of a formula in
> > homebrew, but it is far too complicated for my wee brain.
>
> Hans updated ConTeXt to account for 2.12.0 already in April, so it
> should work, but maybe there is some subtle error (like there was when
> we upgraded to 2.11).
>
> Unfortunately I am unable to take a closer look until the end of the
> month. In the meantime can you please try to compile the library
> yourself? Here are the instructions:
>
>     https://github.com/contextgarden/luametatex-optional-libraries
>
> I.e. on Linux (please adjust for macOS):
>
>     git clone --recursive
> https://github.com/contextgarden/luametatex-optional-libraries.git
>     cd luametatex-optional-libraries
>     cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
>     cmake --build build -j4
>     cp build/libzint.so
> /path/to/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/lib/luametatex/libs/libzint.so
>
> The repository is still based on zint 2.11, I will update it to 2.12
> after I confirm that it works.
>
> Michal
>
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