Reported to Ghostscript upstream: https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697462
** Bug watch added: Ghostscript (AFPL) Bugzilla #697462 http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697462 ** Also affects: gs-gpl via http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697462 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ghostscript in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1653787 Title: gs does not terminate and does not produce output when writing with pdfwrite Status in GS-GPL: Unknown Status in ghostscript package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The following command never terminates, one CPU/thread up 100%: gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=test.pdf -f test.ps This is more or less what ps2pdf test.ps does. I have obtained this test case from an old debian bug report at the URL below, as I have originally encountered the problem with a *much larger* postscript file (214MB), which I've left running for 24 hours with no progress. I have attached both files. Both files (the small one and the large one) get read by gv and displayed perfectly on screen. Terminating the process with ctrl+c, output file is generated but contains no data. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=786827 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: ghostscript 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-32.34-lowlatency 4.8.11 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-32-lowlatency x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon Date: Tue Jan 3 20:48:44 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-20 (74 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2) SourcePackage: ghostscript UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gs-gpl/+bug/1653787/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
