[gs-devel] Problems with ._ files on MacOSX

[Michael Toftdal]

I had some problems with building the MacOSX version of Ghostscript -- actually the build went fine, but I got the following, when I tried to use it:

==>
GPL Ghostscript  9.00 (2010-09-14)
Copyright (C) 2010 Artifex Software, Inc.  All rights reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
While reading gs_fntem.ps:
Error: /undefined in 
Operand stack:
   (gs_fntem.ps)   1   FontEmulationProcs   encodingnames   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   StandardEncoding   --nostringval--   ISOLatin1Encoding   --nostringval--   SymbolEncoding   --nostringval--   DingbatsEncoding   --nostringval--   SymbolEncoding   --nostringval--   DingbatsEncoding   --nostringval--   StandardEncoding   --nostringval--   ISOLatin1Encoding   --nostringval--   Wingdings   ._Wingdings   ._Wingdings   Encoding
Execution stack: 
[...] 
<==

It turned out that the problem was the ._ files that tar creates on Mac. After removing them, everything runs fine.
I don't know if this is something, that should be adressed by Ghostscript (ignoring ._ files somewhere or something), but I thought I would post this anyway, to make the symptoms google-able.

The "/undefined in " line actually ended with the control characters "^E^V^G", which are the first three (non-zero) bytes of a ._ file (it appears).

Kind regards,
Michael

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