tags 519640 + confirmed upstream quit Ryo Furue wrote:
> ps2pdf crashes: Here's how it can be reproduced "in place" with upstream ghostscript. Simplifications welcome. Recipe: ... install ghostscript build-deps, ttf-sazanami-mincho, etc ... $ git clone git://git.ghostscript.com/ghostscript.git $ cd ghostscript/gs $ ./autogen.sh -C \ --with-fontpath=/var/lib/ghostscript/fonts:\ /usr/share/cups/fonts:/usr/share/ghostscript/fonts:\ /usr/local/lib/ghostscript/fonts:/usr/share/fonts \ --disable-compile-inits --prefix=/usr $ (cd /usr/share/ghostscript && ln -sT /tmp/ghostscript/gs 9.01) $ rm Resource/Init/cidfmap $ make -j2 $ sed -i -e 's,exec "$GS_EXECUTABLE",exec gdb --args bin/gs,' lib/ps2pdfwr $ lib/ps2pdfwr ghostscript-ps2pdf-crash.ps Result: Starting program: bin/gs -P- -dSAFER -q -P- -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sstdout=%stderr -sOutputFile=ghostscript-ps2pdf-crash.pdf -P- -dSAFER -c .setpdfwrite -f /tmp/ghostscript-ps2pdf-crash.ps [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. pdf_set_charproc_attrs (pdev=0x89ca124, font=0x9d9b608, pw=0xbfffe140, narg=2, control=TEXT_SET_CHAR_WIDTH, ch=161) at ./base/gdevpdti.c:578 578 pcp->owner_fonts = NULL; (gdb) pcp (= pdev->accumulating_substream_resource) is null, hence the segfault. Further reading: git log --follow -G pdf_set_charproc_attrs base/gdevpdti.c git log -G accumulating_substream_resource [one can instead use "git log -p" and grep by hand if using pre-1.7.4 git] Well, that's a start. Thanks again. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org