Bug#508528: texlive-base-bin: dvips without -j0 causes missing characters in output
Package: texlive-base-bin
Version: 2007.dfsg.2-4
Severity: normal
Note minimal input file and other files below.
My texlive-latex-base version is 2007.dfsg.1-4
My ghostscript version is 8.62.dfsg.1-3.1
I do: ps2epsi graphics.ps
to make graphics.epsi
Then I do: latex problem.tex
to make problem.dvi
Now, if I do: dvips problem.dvi
and look at the result with gv,
there are missing characters, as at http://imagebin.org/33420
But, if I do: dvips -j0 problem.dvi
and look at the result with gv,
everything is fine, as at http://imagebin.org/33421
-- Package-specific info:
If you report an error when running one of the TeX-related binaries
(latex, pdftex, metafont,...), or if the bug is related to bad or wrong
output, please include a MINIMAL example input file that produces the
error in your report. Don't forget to also include minimal examples of
other files that are needed, e.g. bibtex databases. Often it also helps
to include the logfile. Please, never send included pictures!
If your example file isn't short or produces more than one page of
output (except when multiple pages are needed to show the problem),
you can probably minimize it further. Instructions on how to do that
can be found at
http://www.latex-einfuehrung.de/mini-en.html (english)
or
http://www.latex-einfuehrung.de/mini.html (german)
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minimal input file
problem.tex -
\documentclass[english]{article}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{verbose,letterpaper,tmargin=1in,bmargin=1in,lmargin=1in,rmargin=1in}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{mathptmx}
\begin{document}
Hello, here is a graphic.
\includegraphics{graphics.epsi}
There it is.
\end{document}
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other files
graphics.ps -
100 100 moveto
/Times-Roman 10 selectfont
(I am a graphic, written in straight PostScript.) show
showpage
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List of ls-R files
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 896 2008-12-11 20:05 /var/lib/texmf/ls-R
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root staff 79 2008-12-11 20:05 /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 2008-12-11 10:36 /usr/share/texmf/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2008-12-11 20:05 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2008-12-11 20:05 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE
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Config files
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2008-12-11 10:36 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf -> /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4985 2008-12-11 20:05 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7512 2008-12-11 20:05 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4569 2008-12-11 20:05 /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat
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Files in /etc/texmf/web2c/
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283 2007-01-15 02:53 mktex.cnf
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md5sums of texmf.d
42c20d7e8bd343542772b5a145bf8ad8 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/05TeXMF.cnf
5f7f6652cc8b8071c9e4ea6ba9e9f0a1 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/15Plain.cnf
f68e5add6afd6585b982f2f78e2e6a92 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/45TeXinputs.cnf
ea33127256c6a9f37145ae5b16fdb80c /etc/texmf/texmf.d/55Fonts.cnf
afccf1d3f87057411166a77c58e00bd1 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/65BibTeX.cnf
9da7c1c7b1eaf06f941af91f48a23068 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/75DviPS.cnf
7ae52efac46feb97010986e57877d12e /etc/texmf/texmf.d/80DVIPDFMx.cnf
37329819f1109e8a457e64b8b58fecdb /etc/texmf/texmf.d/85Misc.cnf
a8952d594677235951d447665ec46e9c /etc/texmf/texmf.d/90TeXDoc.cnf
30f4f13357c2761ed01a6a15f28725a5 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/95NonPath.cnf
1df66bc319cec731e202eaf39f5d85e1 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/96JadeTeX.cnf
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-rc8
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages texlive-base-bin depends on:
ii ed 0.2-20 The classic unix line editor
ii libc6 2.7-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.2.2-4 GCC support library
ii libkpathsea4 2007.dfsg.2-3 TeX Live: path search library for
ii libncurses5 5.6+20080203-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libpng12-0 1.2.15~beta5-1 PNG library - runtime
ii libpoppler3 0.8.2-2 PDF rendering library
ii libstdc++6 4.2.2-4 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library
ii libxaw7 1:1.0.2-4 X11 Athena Widget library
ii libxmu6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii libxpm4 1:3.5.5-2 X11 pixmap library
ii libxt6 1:1.0.5-3 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii mime-support 3.39-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii perl 5.10.0-17 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii texlive-common 2007.dfsg.1-4 TeX Live: Base component
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-7 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages texlive-base-bin recommends:
pn texlive-base-bin-doc <none> (no description available)
Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii debconf 1.5.11etch2 Debian configuration management sy
ii ucf 2.0020 Update Configuration File: preserv
Versions of packages texlive-base-bin is related to:
pn tetex-base <none> (no description available)
pn tetex-bin <none> (no description available)
pn tetex-extra <none> (no description available)
ii tex-common 1.11.3 common infrastructure for building
-- debconf information:
tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:
tex-common/check_texmf_missing:
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