Yes, it's still reproducible in ubuntu karmic indeed, I've just uploaded a new verison of test-libgs.c, since we lost the old one.
$ gcc -g -Wall `pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-2.0` -ljpeg -lgs test-libgs.c -o test $ ./test /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/advi/bar.eps GPL Ghostscript 8.70 (2009-07-31) Copyright (C) 2009 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved. This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details. Error: /ioerror in --filter-- Operand stack: --nostringval-- Data --nostringval-- --dict:0/0(L)-- Execution stack: %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1862 1 3 %oparray_pop 1861 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- 1845 1 3 %oparray_pop 1739 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- 1733 5 3 %oparray_pop Dictionary stack: --dict:1158/1684(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:75/200(L)-- Current allocation mode is local Current file position is 547 GPL Ghostscript 8.70: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 $ $ gcc -g -Wall `pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-2.0` -lgs -ljpeg main.c -o test $ ./test /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/advi/bar.eps GPL Ghostscript 8.70 (2009-07-31) Copyright (C) 2009 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved. This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details. $ -- libjpeg conflict in libgs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182623 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs