On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 00:42, Vincent Lefevre <vinc...@vinc17.net> wrote: > On 2011-03-07 16:35:32 -0800, Gordon Farquharson wrote: >> Please could you include an update of libpoppler5 that fixes this >> problem for the next Squeeze point release. Attached is a patch that I >> took from the poppler git repository [1] and tested with 0.12.4-1.2 in >> squeeze. The problem is _really_ annoying, and really doesn't present >> a polished product to the user from Debian, and this patch applies >> cleanly and fixes the problem > > I'd like to know. Are such byte sequences illegal but supported by > Debian PDF readers or are they legal with the test in libpoppler5 > being incorrect? If this is the former, then ghostscript should > also be fixed in squeeze, at it generates such sequences; I had > provided a patch before the freeze, but AFAIK, it has never been > applied for squeeze: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=578910 > > and in particular: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=578910#28 > > It would be bad if Debian generates PDF files that yields problems > on other platforms or with 3rd-party software.
I don't know the answer to your question, but I think that you make an excellent point. I hadn't seen this bug report when looking into the poppler problem. As your patch was applied upstream and in the version of ghostscript in unstable, it seems that it should be applied to squeeze as well. It would be nice if the Debian package maintainers would comment. It sounds like the first point release for squeeze (6.0.1) is coming soon [1], and it would be a pity to miss that opportunity to push this change. Gordon [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2011/03/msg00027.html -- Gordon Farquharson GnuPG Key ID: 32D6D676 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
