Public bug reported: The latest version of poppler-utils in bionic esm has a regression that produces blank PDF files.
root@maximum-titmouse:~# apt-cache policy poppler-utils poppler-utils: Installed: 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14 Candidate: 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14 Version table: *** 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.62.0-2ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages I created a test file with the text "Test test 123", then ran `pdfunite in.pdf out.pdf" Opening this file in a PDF viewer shows the text "Test test 123". Then I attached a Pro token and updated poppler-utils root@maximum-titmouse:~# apt-cache policy poppler-utils poppler-utils: Installed: 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2 Candidate: 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2 Version table: *** 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2 510 510 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu bionic-infra-security/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 Packages 0.62.0-2ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages And again ran `pdfunite in.pdf out2.pdf" This second file in a PDF viewer is completely blank. It's also missing a lot of metadata and is significantly smaller in size when checked using "strings" root@maximum-titmouse:~# strings out.pdf | wc -l 186 root@maximum-titmouse:~# strings out2.pdf | wc -l 25 ** Affects: poppler (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Nishit Majithia (0xnishit) Status: New ** Affects: poppler (Ubuntu Bionic) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Nishit Majithia (0xnishit) Status: New ** Also affects: poppler (Ubuntu Bionic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: poppler (Ubuntu Bionic) Assignee: (unassigned) => Nishit Majithia (0xnishit) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to poppler in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2045027 Title: Regression in poppler bionic - 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2 Status in poppler package in Ubuntu: New Status in poppler source package in Bionic: New Bug description: The latest version of poppler-utils in bionic esm has a regression that produces blank PDF files. root@maximum-titmouse:~# apt-cache policy poppler-utils poppler-utils: Installed: 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14 Candidate: 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14 Version table: *** 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.62.0-2ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages I created a test file with the text "Test test 123", then ran `pdfunite in.pdf out.pdf" Opening this file in a PDF viewer shows the text "Test test 123". Then I attached a Pro token and updated poppler-utils root@maximum-titmouse:~# apt-cache policy poppler-utils poppler-utils: Installed: 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2 Candidate: 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2 Version table: *** 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2 510 510 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu bionic-infra-security/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 Packages 0.62.0-2ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages And again ran `pdfunite in.pdf out2.pdf" This second file in a PDF viewer is completely blank. It's also missing a lot of metadata and is significantly smaller in size when checked using "strings" root@maximum-titmouse:~# strings out.pdf | wc -l 186 root@maximum-titmouse:~# strings out2.pdf | wc -l 25 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bug/2045027/+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
