Description of problem: repstopdf always return the following error: $ repstopdf --outfile=img/001_what_is_rt-eps-converted-to.pdf img/001_what_is_rt.eps epstopdf ($Id: epstopdf.pl 41287 2016-05-28 18:09:45Z karl $) 2.24 !!! Error: Option forbidden in restricted mode: --device Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): texlive-epstopdf-svn41388-30.fc25.noarch How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Try to convert an eps to pdf - like, the most basic feature! Actual results: epstopdf ($Id: epstopdf.pl 41287 2016-05-28 18:09:45Z karl $) 2.24 !!! Error: Option forbidden in restricted mode: --device Expected results: Converting the eps to pdf. Additional info: The latest version works fine. I got it from here: ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/support/epstopdf/epstopdf.pl and substituted the file provided with the package. Easy! that is the second time I file BZ against texlive, the first was not fixed...
+1 Same problem, and updating the script to the one from CTAN works as a fix.
Specifically: replace /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/epstopdf/epstopdf.pl with http://mirrors.ctan.org/support/epstopdf/epstopdf.pl
texlive-2016-32.20160520.fc25 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 25. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-b10c075994
texlive-2016-32.20160520.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-b10c075994
texlive-2016-32.20160520.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
*** Bug 1399818 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***