Processed: Re: Bug#910274: ghostscript: ps2pdf removes links from PDF files

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Bug #910274 [ghostscript] ghostscript: ps2pdf removes links from PDF file / 
does not keep all annotations
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> found 910274 9.25~dfsg-0+deb9u1
Bug #910274 [ghostscript] ghostscript: ps2pdf removes links from PDF file / 
does not keep all annotations
Marked as found in versions ghostscript/9.25~dfsg-0+deb9u1.
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Bug#910274: ghostscript: ps2pdf removes links from PDF files

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2018-11-11 20:11:54 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Control -1 tags - fixed-upstream
> Control: found -1 9.25~dfsg-0+deb9u1
> 
> On 2018-10-05 13:58:44 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > So, there is no longer any way to keep all annotations.
> 
> Now the bug is present in Debian stable.

Note: For those who write LaTeX documents, the issue can be avoided
with:

\usepackage[pdfa]{hyperref}

See: 
https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/456896/set-the-print-flag-on-links-with-hyperref-to-preserve-them-with-ghostscript-9
"Set the print flag on links with hyperref to preserve them with ghostscript >= 
9.25"

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Bug#910274: ghostscript: ps2pdf removes links from PDF files

[Vincent Lefevre]

Control -1 tags - fixed-upstream
Control: found -1 9.25~dfsg-0+deb9u1

On 2018-10-05 13:58:44 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> So, there is no longer any way to keep all annotations.

Now the bug is present in Debian stable.

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Processed: Re: Bug#910274: ghostscript: ps2pdf removes links from PDF files

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> retitle -1 ghostscript: ps2pdf removes links from PDF file / does not keep 
> all annotations
Bug #910274 [ghostscript] ghostscript: ps2pdf removes links from PDF files
Changed Bug title to 'ghostscript: ps2pdf removes links from PDF file / does 
not keep all annotations' from 'ghostscript: ps2pdf removes links from PDF 
files'.

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Bug#910274: ghostscript: ps2pdf removes links from PDF files

[Vincent Lefevre]

Control: retitle -1 ghostscript: ps2pdf removes links from PDF file / does not 
keep all annotations

On 2018-10-04 15:04:19 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> Quoting Vincent Lefevre (2018-10-04 14:44:08)
[...]
> > As a conversion tool, it should neither lose information, nor assume 
> > anything about what will be done with the PDF file. Thus 
> > -dPrinted=false should be passed to gs by the ps2pdfwr script.
> > 
> > If this is not intended to be a conversion tool, the description 
> > should be fixed.
> 
> Ah, good point!
> 
> Let's see how upstream reacts to that.

Upstream has closed my bug report as a duplicate of bug 699830 again.
However, there has been another bug report from another user (who
also uses Ghostscript for its compress feature):

  https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699896

also closed as a duplicate, but upstream eventually recognizes that
there is a limitation of the combination of the PDF interpreter and
pdfwrite, and "will consider doing something further for pdfwrite
and annotations".

The -dPrinted=false was suggested in bug 699830 to keep link
annotations, but it has a drawback: it will drop the "print"
annotations.

So, there is no longer any way to keep all annotations.

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Bug#910274: ghostscript: ps2pdf removes links from PDF files

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Vincent Lefevre (2018-10-04 14:44:08)
> On 2018-10-04 13:34:20 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> > Quoting Vincent Lefevre (2018-10-04 13:03:52)
> > > I could test that this bug is reproducible with upstream's 
> > > version.
> > 
> > Thanks for reporting, also upstream.
> > 
> > Upstream bugreport was closed with an explanation that it is 
> > intended behaviour i.e. that changed behaviour is progress, not a 
> > regression.
> 
> OK, but then, this was not the same bug. I've reopened my bug upstream 
> with the following comments:
> 
> In bug 699830, the user was using gs directly. Here, I'm using ps2pdf, 
> which is described as a conversion tool:
> 
>   Convert PostScript to PDF using ghostscript
> 
> (actually, the description is a bit incorrect since it can take PDF 
> files in input, not just PostScript files).
> 
> As a conversion tool, it should neither lose information, nor assume 
> anything about what will be done with the PDF file. Thus 
> -dPrinted=false should be passed to gs by the ps2pdfwr script.
> 
> If this is not intended to be a conversion tool, the description 
> should be fixed.

Ah, good point!

Let's see how upstream reacts to that.

Thanks again!

 - Jonas

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Bug #910274 {Done: Jonas Smedegaard } [ghostscript] 
ghostscript: ps2pdf removes links from PDF files
Bug reopened
Ignoring request to alter fixed versions of bug #910274 to the same values 
previously set
> tags -1 - fixed-upstream
Bug #910274 [ghostscript] ghostscript: ps2pdf removes links from PDF files
Removed tag(s) fixed-upstream.
> forwarded -1 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699874
Bug #910274 [ghostscript] ghostscript: ps2pdf removes links from PDF files
Changed Bug forwarded-to-address to 
'https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699874' from 
'https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699830'.

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Bug#910274: ghostscript: ps2pdf removes links from PDF files

[Vincent Lefevre]

Control: reopen -1
Control: tags -1 - fixed-upstream
control: forwarded -1 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699874

On 2018-10-04 13:34:20 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> Quoting Vincent Lefevre (2018-10-04 13:03:52)
> > I could test that this bug is reproducible with upstream's version.
> 
> Thanks for reporting, also upstream.
> 
> Upstream bugreport was closed with an explanation that it is intended 
> behaviour i.e. that changed behaviour is progress, not a regression.

OK, but then, this was not the same bug. I've reopened my bug upstream
with the following comments:

In bug 699830, the user was using gs directly. Here, I'm using
ps2pdf, which is described as a conversion tool:

  Convert PostScript to PDF using ghostscript

(actually, the description is a bit incorrect since it can take
PDF files in input, not just PostScript files).

As a conversion tool, it should neither lose information, nor
assume anything about what will be done with the PDF file. Thus
-dPrinted=false should be passed to gs by the ps2pdfwr script.

If this is not intended to be a conversion tool, the description
should be fixed.

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Bug#910274: ghostscript: ps2pdf removes links from PDF files

[Vincent Lefevre]

Control: tags -1 upstream
Control: forwarded -1 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699874

I could test that this bug is reproducible with upstream's version.

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Bug#910274: ghostscript: ps2pdf removes links from PDF files

[Vincent Lefevre]

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