Package: ghostscript
Version: 9.05~dfsg-6.3
Severity: normal
Tags: patch fixed-upstream
Forwarded: http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=693045
The version of ghostscript in wheezy has an infinite loop that causes it
to print the line in the subject many times. The bug has been fixed
upstream in git commit ghostpdl-9.07rc1~262[1]. On one of the servers at
my workplace we noticed this because one of our internal scripts
generated a 20GB log file. After I applied the patch to wheezy the log
file went down to 38MB. Please upload an update for wheezy so that this
issue can get fixed in the next point release. We will use our internal
rebuild of the package until then.
1. http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=3a56f4eb5a9f15795725374b297edab0fb8ebc5d
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.1
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages ghostscript depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.49
ii gsfonts 1:8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre44-4.2
ii libc6 2.13-38
ii libgs9 9.05~dfsg-6.3
Versions of packages ghostscript suggests:
pn ghostscript-cups <none>
pn ghostscript-x <none>
pn hpijs <none>
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pabs
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