This bug was fixed in the package ghostscript -
9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
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ghostscript (9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3) trusty; urgency=medium
* Fix dependency for libgs9-common (LP: #1802958)
-- Ioanna Alifieraki <ioanna-maria.alifier...@canonical.com> Mon, 12
Nov 2018 18:09:10 +0000
** Changed in: ghostscript (Ubuntu Trusty)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1802958
Title:
libgs9-common not upgraded when libgs9 upgraded
Status in ghostscript package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in ghostscript source package in Trusty:
Fix Released
Status in ghostscript source package in Xenial:
Fix Released
Bug description:
[Impact]
ps2pdf stops working after upgrade of ghostscript to
9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 .
ghostscript and libgs9 are upgrated to 9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2,
but not libgs9-common which reamins at 9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 version.
[Test Case]
To reproduce the bug:
Install 9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 version of ghostscript, libgs9 and
libgs9-common.
At this point ps2pdf should be working fine.
Then sudo apt install ghostscript.
ghostscript and libgs9 are upgraded but not libgs9-common.
ps2pdf stops working :
$ ps2pdf ascii.ps
Unrecoverable error: typecheck in .bind
Operand stack:
--nostringval-- typecheck --nostringval-- scheck .gcheck
[Regression Potential]
Might cause problems when upgrading or installing ghostscript or
libgs9
[Other Info]
This bug affects trusty and xenial.
It is already fixed in bionic and later.
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