tag 628787 + patch tag 610714 + patch thanks I applied the patch from cvs to get preview working again. Also I patched a Makefile.in to remove preview/latex/preview.pdf which got not removed till now, thus making debuild to fail if called twice in a row.
The patch is attached. Matthias Kümmerer
diff -Nru auctex-11.86/debian/changelog auctex-11.86/debian/changelog --- auctex-11.86/debian/changelog 2010-09-24 23:54:25.000000000 +0200 +++ auctex-11.86/debian/changelog 2011-06-02 16:06:48.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +auctex (11.86-2.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Add Patch: Remove preview/latex/preview.pdf in make clean + (Closes: #628787) + * Add Patch: Preview not working with new Ghostscript + (Patch from CVS) (Closes: #610714) + + -- Matthias Kümmerer <matth...@matthias-k.org> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:03:08 +0200 + auctex (11.86-2) unstable; urgency=low * [3b1fd8d] Update copyright year for man pages and debian/variables. diff -Nru auctex-11.86/debian/patches/0004-Fix-Preview-Latex.patch auctex-11.86/debian/patches/0004-Fix-Preview-Latex.patch --- auctex-11.86/debian/patches/0004-Fix-Preview-Latex.patch 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ auctex-11.86/debian/patches/0004-Fix-Preview-Latex.patch 2011-06-02 16:17:30.000000000 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +From: Matthias Kümmerer <matth...@matthias-k.org> +Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 18:23:08 +0200 +Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=610714 +Origin: backport, http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/auctex/preview/preview.el?root=auctex&r1=1.284&r2=1.285&view=patch + +Changed to apply to Debian's version. +Index: auctex-11.86/preview/preview.el +=================================================================== +--- auctex-11.86.orig/preview/preview.el 2009-06-18 21:20:46.000000000 +0200 ++++ auctex-11.86/preview/preview.el 2011-05-31 18:16:26.994268305 +0200 +@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ + ;;; preview.el --- embed preview LaTeX images in source buffer + +-;; Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, +-;; 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. ++;; Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010 Free ++;; Software Foundation, Inc. + + ;; Author: David Kastrup + ;; Keywords: tex, wp, convenience +@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ + + ;;; Commentary: + +-;; $Id: preview.el,v 1.284 2009/06/18 19:20:46 angeli Exp $ ++;; $Id: preview.el,v 1.285 2010/10/14 19:30:38 angeli Exp $ + ;; + ;; This style is for the "seamless" embedding of generated images + ;; into LaTeX source code. Please see the README and INSTALL files +@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ + :group 'preview-gs + :type 'string) + +-(defcustom preview-gs-options '("-q" "-dSAFER" "-dNOPAUSE" ++(defcustom preview-gs-options '("-q" "-dDELAYSAFER" "-dNOPAUSE" + "-DNOPLATFONTS" "-dPrinted" + "-dTextAlphaBits=4" + "-dGraphicsAlphaBits=4") +@@ -1066,14 +1066,21 @@ + + (defun preview-prepare-fast-conversion () + "This fixes up all parameters for fast conversion." +- (let ((file (if (consp (car preview-ps-file)) +- (if (consp (caar preview-ps-file)) +- (car (last (caar preview-ps-file))) +- (caar preview-ps-file)) +- (car preview-ps-file)))) ++ (let* ((file (if (consp (car preview-ps-file)) ++ (if (consp (caar preview-ps-file)) ++ (car (last (caar preview-ps-file))) ++ (caar preview-ps-file)) ++ (car preview-ps-file))) ++ (all-files (if (and (consp (car preview-ps-file)) ++ (consp (caar preview-ps-file))) ++ (caar preview-ps-file) ++ (list file)))) + (setq preview-gs-dsc (preview-dsc-parse file)) + (setq preview-gs-init-string +- (concat preview-gs-init-string ++ (concat (format "{<</PermitFileReading[%s]>> setuserparams \ ++.locksafe} stopped pop " ++ (mapconcat 'preview-ps-quote-filename all-files "")) ++ preview-gs-init-string + (format "[%s(r)file]aload exch %s .runandhide aload pop " + (preview-ps-quote-filename file) + (preview-gs-dsc-cvx 0 preview-gs-dsc)))))) +@@ -3512,7 +3519,7 @@ + + (defconst preview-version (eval-when-compile + (let ((name "$Name: release_11_86 $") +- (rev "$Revision: 1.284 $")) ++ (rev "$Revision: 1.285 $")) + (or (when (string-match "\\`[$]Name: *release_\\([^ ]+\\) *[$]\\'" name) + (setq name (match-string 1 name)) + (while (string-match "_" name) +@@ -3526,7 +3533,7 @@ + + (defconst preview-release-date + (eval-when-compile +- (let ((date "$Date: 2009/06/18 19:20:46 $")) ++ (let ((date "$Date: 2010/10/14 19:30:38 $")) + (string-match + "\\`[$]Date: *\\([0-9]+\\)/\\([0-9]+\\)/\\([0-9]+\\)" + date) diff -Nru auctex-11.86/debian/patches/0005-Fix-Undeleted-Files-in-Clean.patch auctex-11.86/debian/patches/0005-Fix-Undeleted-Files-in-Clean.patch --- auctex-11.86/debian/patches/0005-Fix-Undeleted-Files-in-Clean.patch 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ auctex-11.86/debian/patches/0005-Fix-Undeleted-Files-in-Clean.patch 2011-06-02 16:17:39.000000000 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +From: Matthias Kümmerer <matth...@matthias-k.org> +Date: Thu, 02 June 2011 15:48:08 +0200 +Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=628787 + +Index: auctex-11.86/preview/latex/Makefile.in +=================================================================== +--- auctex-11.86.orig/preview/latex/Makefile.in 2011-06-02 15:43:27.582256285 +0200 ++++ auctex-11.86/preview/latex/Makefile.in 2011-06-02 15:43:48.898256279 +0200 +@@ -87,5 +87,5 @@ + $(PDFLATEX) '\nonstopmode \AtBeginDocument{\OnlyDescription}\input{preview.drv}' + + clean: +- rm -f *~ *.aux *.dvi *.drv *.log ++ rm -f *~ *.aux *.dvi *.drv *.log *.pdf + rm -f $(TEXMFGEN) preview.ins preview-mk.ins diff -Nru auctex-11.86/debian/patches/series auctex-11.86/debian/patches/series --- auctex-11.86/debian/patches/series 2010-09-24 23:54:54.000000000 +0200 +++ auctex-11.86/debian/patches/series 2011-06-02 15:43:15.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ 0001-Rationalize-HTML-documentation-targets-in-doc-Makefi.patch 0002-Change-pdf-viewer-default-from-Evince-to-xpdf.patch 0003-Fix-TeX-engine-alist-builtin-defvar.patch +0004-Fix-Preview-Latex.patch +0005-Fix-Undeleted-Files-in-Clean.patch