[gs-devel] GS8.64: /unknownerror

[Henk Jan Priester]

Hi Ken,

Thanks for your reply. The file opens with acrobat (slow...) and with
xpdf reasonable
fast. I will report a bug then if I get permission to upload the file.

Henk Jan

2009/4/15 Ken Sharp <ken.sharp at artifex.com>:
> Hi Henk,
>
> At 14:06 15/04/2009 +0200, Henk Jan Priester wrote:
>>
>> When opening a PDF file with GhostScript 8.64 I get an '/unknownerror'
>> (see below).
>> If I used GhostScript 8.54 I get 'Error: /rangecheck in
>> --.buildshading4--'.
>>
>> Is this a limititation of GhostScript?
>
> Its possibly a bug, or possibly a corrupt/broken/invalid PDF file, without
> seeing the file its impossible to tell. Does Acrobat open the file ? Does
> any other PDF consumer (eg xpdf) open it ?
>
> If you are reasonably sure that the file is valid, the best thing to do is
> raise it as a bug. If you go to :
>
> http://bugs.ghostscript.com/enter_bug.cgi
>
> You can raise a report. We will need to see the PDF file, after you open the
> report you can attach the file, if its sensitive then after you've attached
> it, mark it as private. That way only Artifex staff can open the file.
>
>
>                    Ken
>