Need to update GhostScript package in the Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy) Repository

[Gaurav Jain]

Hi,

Thanks for that clarification.  It really helped.

Gaurav

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Till Kamppeter [mailto:till.kamppeter at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 5:48 PM
> To: Gaurav Jain
> Cc: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com;
ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com;
> ubuntu-devel
> Subject: Re: Need to update GhostScript package in the Ubuntu 7.10
(Gutsy)
> Repository
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have discussed this problem with the upstream developers of
> Ghostscript at Artifex and the problem is NOT fixed by the official
8.61
> release of Ghostscript. It appeared as fixed as the problem occurs
only
> with Ghostscript built as dynamic library (the case for Gutsy) and not
> for a static build (the case for a standard "./configure; make; sudo
> make install" as users did with the official Ghostscript (which is not
> available as Gutsy package).
> 
> The Artifex developers are working on a solution and I hope that I can
> soon post it as a Stable Release Update for Gutsy.
> 
> See
> 
> http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=689577
> https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/gs-gpl/+bug/172264
> 
>     Till
> 
> 
> Gaurav Jain wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> >
> >
> > This is regarding the problem some users of Ubuntu 7.10 have faced
with
> > printing of secure PDF files using Adobe Reader 8.1.1.  Here are
some
> > links for reference on this issue:
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?128@@.3c0564a2
> >
> > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3846261 (I have posted an
entry
> > here with id gaurav_anywhere)
> >
> >
> >
> > The reason for this issue is that Ubuntu 7.10 currently installs
> > GhostScript version "8.61 pre-release" from the repositories, and
> > there's a bug in that pre-release version of GhostScript.  We have
> > tested and found that the problem does not occur with the release
> > version of GhostScript version 8.61 available at
> > http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/GPL/gpl861.htm.
> >
> >
> >
> > What we would therefore request is to update the Ubuntu 7.10
> > repositories to include this release version instead of the
pre-release
> > version.
> >
> >
> >
> > I don't know if this is the correct forum for this topic.  Please
let me
> > know if I need to contact someone else who looks at the package
> > uploading for Ubuntu.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Gaurav Jain
> >
> > Adobe Systems
> >