Bug#5214: libc5 5.4.7 breaks ghostscript 3.33 & 4.01

[joost@rulcmc.leidenuniv.nl (joost witteveen)]

> 
> 
> Package: libc5
> Version: 5.4.7-3        
> 
> libc5-5.4.7 breaks gs (both versions, 3.33 and 4.01)
> 
> 
> I can't print postscript files (or text since i use apsfilter & a2ps &
> enscript for text) on my system unless i downgrade to libc5 5.2.18-11.
> downgrading to libc5 5.2.18-11 fixes the problem.

Could you check that after upgrading to libc5.4.7 and gs_3.33-2
or gs_4.03-4 the problem presists?

In the versions of gs you've been using (OK, you don't say what
debian versions you're using, but I guess it's the old versions, released
before oct 31), there was a really stupid error in the wrapper, and
that *might* have caused your problems.

> the log file under /var/spool/lpd reports "Could not exec /usr/bin/gs.real".
On the other hand, people reporting gs failures with the new
libc-5.4.7 usually get gs.real to coredump, and don't get the
error message "could not exec ..". Anyway, it was real sloppy
programming on my side, that fortunately Guy noticed.


> $ strace gs -sDevice=ljet4 -r300 -sOutputFile=file.pcl file.ps

But then again, the strace you show, does have a coredump
at (from memory approximately) the same location others used to have.

> getuid()                                = 1000
> brk(0x8001e00)                          = 0x8001e00
> brk(0x8002000)                          = 0x8002000
> --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
> +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++

Thanks for the very complete bugreport.


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