Hi Marc, Yes, it seems to be fixed now on my current system (Ubuntu 16.04.5). On invoking DoFont with a non-existent font, a sample response is:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GS>/xyz DoFont Querying operating system for font files... Can't find (or can't open) font file %rom%Resource/Font/xyz. Can't find (or can't open) font file xyz. Didn't find this font on the system! Substituting font Courier for xyz. Loading NimbusMonoPS-Regular font from %rom%Resource/Font/NimbusMonoPS-Regular... 4619540 3276395 9786160 4453839 1 done. >>showpage, press <return> to continue<< -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- no hang, and a font is displayed in the 'ghostscript' window. So seems to be working correctly in an expected way. Cheers, Lionel On Tue, 2 Oct 2018 at 15:05, Marc Deslauriers <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, thanks for reporting this issue. > Ghostscript has been updated to 9.25 in current releases of Ubuntu. > > Could you please verify that your issue has been resolved, and update > this bug accordingly? > > Thanks! > > > ** Changed in: ghostscript (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1359715 > > Title: > Ghostscript runaway memory consumption during font search > > Status in ghostscript package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > Linux Mint 17 (Qiana), Cinnamon 64-bit, kernel 3.13.0-24-generic #47-Ubuntu > SMP x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > Ghostscript version 9.10 > > When Ghostscript searches for a specified font, if that font is not > found in the Fontmap file, memory consumption shoots up, the system > starts swapping and hangs. > > Tested on system (see above) with ~ 2GB memory. > > A simple way to reproduce, is to use the following procedure to > attempt to display a font: > > 1) Invoke ghostscript on 'prfont.ps' > > $ gs /usr/share/ghostscript/9.10/lib/prfont.ps > GPL Ghostscript 9.10 (2013-08-30) > Copyright (C) 2013 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved. > This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details. > Loading NimbusRomNo9L-Regu font from > /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/n021003l.pfb... 3896292 2355421 3853784 > 2540955 1 done. > GS> > > 2) At Ghostscript prompt, specify a random fontname - which we know > does not exist - to 'DoFont': > > GS>/Somefont DoFont > Can't find (or can't open) font file > /usr/share/ghostscript/9.10/Resource/Font/Somefont. > Can't find (or can't open) font file Somefont. > Querying operating system for font files... > > Result: memory usage maxes out, system swaps and hangs. > > I expected Ghostscript to conclude the font search (without > exhausating system resources!) and to report failure to locate the > specified font. > > This problem always occurs, and affects any other program which > invokes ghostscript and triggers a font search. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/1359715/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1359715 Title: Ghostscript runaway memory consumption during font search To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/1359715/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
