Problem with new gs

[Graham Steel <G.J.Steel@sms.ed.ac.uk>]

Here's your error phillipe:

$ gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=lbp8 -dBATCH -q -sOutputFile=\|lpr fp.ps 
Error: /undefinedfilename in --.outputpage--
Operand stack:
   1   true
Execution stack:
   %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1   3   %oparray_pop   1   3   %oparray_pop   1   3   %oparray_pop   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   0   4   %oparray_pop   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
   --dict:1036/1476(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:68/200(L)--   --dict:125/250(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: 2
Current file position is 69361
GNU Ghostscript 6.53: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1

However it only seems to occur when you send something to the printer
rather than to a file, e.g. :

$ gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=lbp8 -dBATCH -q -sOutputFile=foo fp.ps 

works fine.

This leads me to think this is covered by bug #138364

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=138364&repeatmerged=yes

cheers

graham



Philippe Ribet writes:
> Hello,
> 
> I daily use gs for printing purpose.
> The command I use is : gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=lbp8 -dBATCH -q
> -sOutputFile=\|lpr file.ps
> Package 6.51-7 is fine.
> When I upgraded to 6.53-2, this command fail for each PS file I tried.
> The postscript interpreter halted with an error message (undefined
> variable, as far as I can remain).
> Unfortunately I didn't save the error message and I restored my previous
> system as I really need printing. May be someone on the list have 6.53-2
> package and could run the command and give the error message (using
> /dev/null as OutputFile may avoid problem with printer of other type).
> 
> Is this bug specific to "-sDEVICE=lbp8", sorry I did not investigate the
> probem before the restore.
> 
> With additionnal information, may be a bug report may be filled ?
> 
> --
> Philippe Ribet
> 
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> 
> 
> 
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