On Thursday 16 June 2005 19.14, you wrote: > On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 18:27:30 +0200, Adrian von Bidder wrote: > > > > The ASN.1 introduction document at > > > > <ftp://ftp.rsasecurity.com/pub/pkcs/ps/layman.ps> seems to crash gs > > > > when called from either gv, although it renders fine when gs is > > > > called directly with the same opions[1]. I haven't been able to > > > > get any error output etc., ps x just shows gs as a zombie process > > > > before any output was generated. > > > > > > I cannot reproduce this bug. What do I have to do to let it crash? > > > > Hmm. Just calling gv with that file causes it to sit there and display > > absolutely nothing. ps x shows a zombie gs process. Strangely, gv is > > not frozen - I can quit normally with 'q'. > > Which ghostscript package (/etc/alternatives/gs) are you using?
~$ update-alternatives --display gs
gs - status is auto.
link currently points to /usr/bin/gs-gpl
/usr/bin/gs-gpl - priority 20
slave gs.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/gs-gpl.1.gz
Current `best' version is /usr/bin/gs-gpl.
~$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/gs-gpl
gs-gpl: /usr/bin/gs-gpl
~$ apt-cache policy gs-gpl
gs-gpl:
Installed: 8.01-5
Candidate: 8.01-5
Version Table:
*** 8.01-5 0
800 http://192.168.1.130 stable/main Packages
700 http://192.168.1.130 testing/main Packages
600 http://192.168.1.130 unstable/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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