[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Bug#910274: ghostscript: ps2pdf removes links from PDF files



Quoting Vincent Lefevre (2018-10-04 14:44:08)
> On 2018-10-04 13:34:20 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> > Quoting Vincent Lefevre (2018-10-04 13:03:52)
> > > I could test that this bug is reproducible with upstream's 
> > > version.
> > 
> > Thanks for reporting, also upstream.
> > 
> > Upstream bugreport was closed with an explanation that it is 
> > intended behaviour i.e. that changed behaviour is progress, not a 
> > regression.
> 
> OK, but then, this was not the same bug. I've reopened my bug upstream 
> with the following comments:
> 
> In bug 699830, the user was using gs directly. Here, I'm using ps2pdf, 
> which is described as a conversion tool:
> 
>   Convert PostScript to PDF using ghostscript
> 
> (actually, the description is a bit incorrect since it can take PDF 
> files in input, not just PostScript files).
> 
> As a conversion tool, it should neither lose information, nor assume 
> anything about what will be done with the PDF file. Thus 
> -dPrinted=false should be passed to gs by the ps2pdfwr script.
> 
> If this is not intended to be a conversion tool, the description 
> should be fixed.

Ah, good point!

Let's see how upstream reacts to that.

Thanks again!

 - Jonas

-- 
 * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt
 * Tlf.: +45 40843136  Website: http://dr.jones.dk/

 [x] quote me freely  [ ] ask before reusing  [ ] keep private

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: signature


Reply to: