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gs-esp package

  1. Bug #97718
  2. Comment #8

Comment 8 for bug 97718

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Richard G. Clegg (richard-richardclegg) wrote : Re: gs-esp eats all memory... and fails

I think the problem may be to do with searching for missing fonts. In any case, I can confirm the problem and attach a small eps file which exhibits the issue

richard@sepulchrave:~/masts/documents$ gs-esp layer3.eps
ESP Ghostscript 815.04 (2007-03-14)
Copyright (C) 2004 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA. All rights reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
Can't find (or can't open) font file /usr/share/gs-esp/8.15/Resource/Font/TimesNewRomanPSMT.
Can't find (or can't open) font file TimesNewRomanPSMT.
Querying operating system for font files...

The process then proceeds to grind the operating system to a halt by using all available memory. This is a change in behaviour from edgy.

I am not sure if the problem would occur on a fresh install of feisty -- I did an apt-get dist-upgrade.