Bug 1410260
| Summary: | ghostscript-8.70-21.el6_8.1.x86_64 update causes evince to not display postscript files. | ||||||||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Reporter: | David Miller <millerdc> | ||||||
| Component: | ghostscript | Assignee: | David Kaspar // Dee'Kej <deekej> | ||||||
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | QE Internationalization Bugs <qe-i18n-bugs> | ||||||
| Severity: | urgent | Docs Contact: | Lucie Vařáková <lmanasko> | ||||||
| Priority: | urgent | ||||||||
| Version: | 6.8 | CC: | deekej, dkochuka, eng-i18n-bugs, grantmc, J.H.Hodrien, jjramsey, jkoten, kdudka, kent, orion, pbroome, qe-i18n-bugs, rcain, rnichols42, robh, smaitra, tgc, tgummels, thozza, tlavigne, woodard | ||||||
| Target Milestone: | rc | Keywords: | i18n, Patch, Regression | ||||||
| Target Release: | --- | ||||||||
| Hardware: | All | ||||||||
| OS: | All | ||||||||
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| Fixed In Version: | ghostscript-8.70-23.el6 | Doc Type: | Release Note | ||||||
| Doc Text: |
Evince now displays PostScript files again
Due to a bug, the *evince* document viewer failed to display content of PostScript files. A patch has been applied and *evince* now displays PostSrcipt files again.
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| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||||||||
| Last Closed: | 2017-03-21 12:06:52 UTC | Type: | Bug | ||||||
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | ||||||
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |||||||
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |||||||
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |||||||
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |||||||
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| Bug Depends On: | 1411725 | ||||||||
| Bug Blocks: | 1411843 | ||||||||
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Description
David Miller
2017-01-04 22:47:11 UTC
I am seeing the same problem as the OP on RHEL 6.8. In addition, I am also able to reproduce it with ghostscript-9.07-20.el7_3.1.x86_64 on RHEL 7.3: $ evince try.ps II 1 invalidaccess -7 invalidaccess -7 invalidaccess -7 On RHEL 7.3 the evince window comes up but the display is blank. With RHEL 6.8 I also see the "Loading..." message. It doesn't seem to be specific to any particular ps/eps file since I have see the same behavior with several different ps files from various sources. I *am* able to display the files by running ghostscript directly but just not with evince. This was fixed upstream in June 2016: http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=99e331527d541a8f01ad5455c4eb2aabd67281a6;hp=0d4644c003067fc14ca1db9c600dce420c06e6b1 I've verified that the upstream patch fixes the issue with evince on el6. Created attachment 1240027 [details]
rhel7 gs_init.ps patch
I have also verified that this fixes it on rhel7. An ever-so-slight modification of the referenced patch that works on rhel7 version of gs_init.ps is attached.
Created attachment 1243951 [details]
Patch that corrects the problem in CentOS 6
A slightly different modification of the referenced patch that works on CentOS 6 is attached.
Concerning the doc text "caused *evince* to stop displaying contents of PostScript files": Another regression seems to be that "ps2epsi file.ps" stopped working (with ugly backtraces). If that too is fixed (a patch of "put" -> ".forceput" in gs_init.ps fixed it for me), maybe it should be mentioned? Or at least something to the effect that the evince display problems were not the only problems. (In reply to Kent Engström from comment #18) > Concerning the doc text "caused *evince* to stop displaying contents of > PostScript files": Another regression seems to be that "ps2epsi file.ps" > stopped working (with ugly backtraces). If that too is fixed (a patch of > "put" -> ".forceput" in gs_init.ps fixed it for me), maybe it should be > mentioned? Or at least something to the effect that the evince display > problems were not the only problems. I'm sorry, but I didn't understand exactly what you were saying. Are you refering to any BZ already opened? Or is this something new you have encountered? And is it fixed by the patch for this BZ? In case you have encountered a new bug, please, create a new bug report. We will then look at it and evaluate the options. Thank you! David (In reply to David Kaspar [Dee'Kej] from comment #21) > (In reply to Kent Engström from comment #18) > > I'm sorry, but I didn't understand exactly what you were saying. > > Are you refering to any BZ already opened? Or is this something new you have > encountered? And is it fixed by the patch for this BZ? > > In case you have encountered a new bug, please, create a new bug report. We > will then look at it and evaluate the options. I think I discovered the same regression bug that is discussed in this bugzilla entry, and that is fixed by the patch in comment #5 here. I also believe this is the same regression that is discussed in bz#1411843 and bz#1411725. I got a report from a user at our site that "ps2epsi" had stopped working when we updated to ghostscript-8.70-21.el6_8.1.x86_64. When I manually applied the patch from comment #5 here, "psepsi" worked again. So, as far as I am concerned, the bug will be fixed if you release a package that contains the patch. I just tried to help you write a better text for the release notes, by pointing out that the fix here solves regressions for more programs than just evince. Nothing more, nothing less :-) (In reply to Kent Engström from comment #22) > (In reply to David Kaspar [Dee'Kej] from comment #21) > I think I discovered the same regression bug that is discussed in this > bugzilla entry, and that is fixed by the patch in comment #5 here. I also > believe this is the same regression that is discussed in bz#1411843 and > bz#1411725. Actually, BZ #1411725 is de facto clone of this BZ for RHEL-7. However, the BZ #1411843 is much more complicated in that sense. The patch in this BZ will fix the issue in BZ #1411843 only partially. After the fix, the conversion there will still not work, and most likely it never will be. I have discussed the issues about it already with upstream, and I will post my findings there soon. > I got a report from a user at our site that "ps2epsi" had stopped working > when we updated to ghostscript-8.70-21.el6_8.1.x86_64. When I manually > applied the patch from comment #5 here, "psepsi" worked again. Thank you for the information, Kent. It might be good to test this issue as well. > So, as far as I am concerned, the bug will be fixed if you release a package > that contains the patch. I just tried to help you write a better text for > the release notes, by pointing out that the fix here solves regressions for > more programs than just evince. Nothing more, nothing less :-) I understand now. However, unless we have this confirmed by our devel/QE engineers, we can't make such guarantees in BZ documentation. I'm sorry about that. Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017-0810.html |