Hi Josch, Quoting Johannes 'josch' Schauer (2020-05-31 11:48:01) > using /usr/share/ghostscript/9.27/lib/PDFA_def.ps I can convert a PDF > into PDF/A-1b like so: > > $ env --chdir=/usr/share/color/icc/ghostscript/ gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE \ > > -dSAFEGR -dPDFA=1 -sProcessColorModel=DeviceRGB -dPDFACompatibilityPolicy=1 > > -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=/tmp/out.pdf \ > > /usr/share/ghostscript/9.27/lib/PDFA_def.ps \ > > in.pdf > > Using "env --chdir" as well as using an absolute path for OutputFile is > necessary because PDFA_def.ps references srgb.icc with a relative path > in /usr/share/color/icc/ghostscript/ -- this means that unless the > command is executed in /usr/share/color/icc/ghostscript/, PDFA_def.ps is > useless and must be edited to contain the right absolute path to > srgb.icc. > > I propose to either: > > - move PDFA_def.ps to /usr/share/doc/*/examples because it's a file > that cannot be used immediately but has to be edited first > > - patch PDFA_def.ps to include the full path to > /usr/share/color/icc/ghostscript/srgb.icc so that it can be used from > any directory Good catch! Indeed libgs9 ships with a few files arguably usable only as examples: /usr/share/ghostscript/9.27/lib/PDFA_def.ps /usr/share/ghostscript/9.27/lib/PDFX_def.ps The files document both inline and in VectorDevices.htm that they should be edited before use. I am hesitant to moving or patching those files, though, because (as you demonstrate above) it _is_ possible with some path juggling to use those files as-is, and both upstream and consuming code might rely on the files. Even if never used for anything as examples, I see no harm in leaving the files where they are just to be on the safe side. More sensible to me would be to symlink the files to .../doc/libgs9/examples to advertise them as usable as such. How do you think about my alternative approach? Kind regards, - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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