Bug#248947: cupsys: gs crash, no pages output

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

tags 248947 + upstream moreinfo
retitle 248947 ghostscript: Error: /typecheck in --.unread-- printing postscript documents
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Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:

> I can no longer print postscript documents.  Tonight is the first time
> I tried printing since the last package upgrade.  (although I did
> print a pdf earlier tonight.  I guess it only affects postscript)  The
> error log reports the following:
[...]
> Error: /typecheck in --.unread--

Hmm.  Unfortunately this is a vague message; I suspect it represents
an error in the command line options.  Some internet sightings:

Using ps2pdf on a filename with spaces. [1]  That one was fixed by Tim
Waugh in ghostscript-7.20~256.

The ImageMagick identify and convert[2][3] utilities once provoked
this in some way.

Use of an unknown option[4] (for example, due to a mismatch between
expected and actual ghostscript version) can also provoke it.

[1] http://www.ghostscript.com/pipermail/bug-gs/2003-June/003222.html
[2] http://studio.imagemagick.org/pipermail/magick-users/2003-September/010856.html
[3] http://studio.imagemagick.org/pipermail/magick-users/2003-June/009642.html
[4] http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/msg/4d432d65f7b5d777