Bug#422712: [gs-esp]

[Bastien ROUCARIES <roucaries.bastien@gmail.com>]

tags 422712  + patch
clone 422712 -1
reassign 422712 ghostscript
thanks

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> Bastien ROUCARIES wrote:
>
>> Package: gs-esp
>>
>> Does this bug fixed in gpl version ?
>
> gs-esp was merged into ghostscript bit by bit, culminating in
> 2007-06-22 (so gs-gpl versions before then lack some gs-esp patches).
>
> Anyway, I've checked that modern ghostscript doesn't have Troy's
> patch applied but not decided whether something like it is useful for
> robustness.  Probably it isn't (which would mean that the bug was
> fixed in cups at some point).
>

I disagree, I tend to aply patch that avoid segfault. I could lead to
security bug . But I agree the problem is not major.

Bastien