#4 pstoedit 3.74 throws /findfont error with Ghostscript 9.26

[Philip Smith]

There still seems to be an incompatibility between pstoedit 3.74 and ghostscript 9.26 (error on Fedora FC29 and FC30:

pstoedit -f xfig temp.eps temp.fig
pstoedit: version 3.74 / DLL interface 108 (built: Jul 30 2019 - release build - g++ 9.1.1 20190503 (Red Hat 9.1.1-1) - 64-bit) : Copyright (C) 1993 - 2019 Wolfgang Glunz
Error: /undefined in /findfont
Operand stack:
Courier-Bold
Execution stack:
%interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- .findfontop --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- .findfontop .findfontop false 1 %stopped_push 2045 1 3 %oparray_pop 2044 1 3 %oparray_pop 2024 1 3 %oparray_pop 1884 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- .findfontop --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- 2045 1 3 %oparray_pop 2044 1 3 %oparray_pop 2024 1 3 %oparray_pop 1884 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- .findfontop --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- .findfontop 1975 1 3 %oparray_pop
Dictionary stack:
--dict:970/1684(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:371/450(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Current file position is 7406
GPL Ghostscript 9.26: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
PostScript/PDF Interpreter finished. Return status 256 executed command : gs -q -dDELAYBIND -dWRITESYSTEMDICT -dNODISPLAY -dNOEPS "/tmp/psinGxE3m8"

Philip

[Wolfgang Glunz]

Hi Philip,

That looks strange, but not related to the earlier issues with incompatibilities.
Can you please run pstoedit with the -v option to get a bit more details.
At first - it looks like a problem with installation of fonts for ghostscript.

BR
Wolfgang

[Philip Smith]

Hi Wolfgang,

Thanks for your quick response. My surmise was that it was most likely to be a ghostscript problem and I've logged a bug with Fedora Bugzilla. I've seen some comments on forums suggesting that there may be something broken with its font-handling. Output with -v option below.

Best,

Philip

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pstoedit -v -f xfig temp.eps temp.fig
pstoedit: version 3.74 / DLL interface 108 (built: Jul 30 2019 - release build - g++ 9.1.1 20190503 (Red Hat 9.1.1-1) - 64-bit) : Copyright (C) 1993 - 2019 Wolfgang Glunz
loading plugins from /usr/local/lib/pstoedit using suffix: .so
loading plugin: /usr/local/lib/pstoedit/libp2edrvstd.so
creating Dynloader for /usr/local/lib/pstoedit/libp2edrvstd.so
loading dynamic library /usr/local/lib/pstoedit/libp2edrvstd.so completed successfully
path to myself: /usr/local/bin/pstoedit
pstoedit home directory : /usr/local/bin
pstoedit data directory : /usr/local/share/pstoedit
loading system specific fontmap from /usr/local/share/pstoedit/windows.fmp

Looking up where to find the PostScript interpreter.
GS not set, trying registry for common/gstocall
nothing found so far, trying default: gs
Value found is:gs

Looking up specific options for the PostScript interpreter.
First trying registry for common/GS_LIB
still not found an entry - now trying GS_LIB env var.
GS_LIB not set
Value returned:

now calling the interpreter via: gs -dDELAYBIND -dWRITESYSTEMDICT -dESTACKPRINT -dNODISPLAY -dNOEPS "/tmp/psin5yBU4z"
GPL Ghostscript 9.26 (2018-11-20)
Copyright (C) 2018 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
Loading NimbusMonoPS-Bold font from /usr/share/ghostscript/Resource/Font/NimbusMonoPS-Bold... 12201844 6434225 3326608 2015582 1 done.
Can't find font with non-string name: --nostringval--.
Can't find (or can't open) font file /usr/share/ghostscript/Resource/Font/--nostringval--.
Can't find font with non-string name: --nostringval--.
Querying operating system for font files...
Error: /undefined in /findfont
Operand stack:
Courier-Bold
Execution stack:
--%interp_exit--
.runexec2
-file-
--.findfontop--
null
2
--%stopped_push--
-file-
--.findfontop--
--.findfontop--
false
1
--%stopped_push--
2045
1
3
--%oparray_pop--
2044
1
3
--%oparray_pop--
2024
1
3
--%oparray_pop--
1884
1
3
--%oparray_pop--
null
--%errorexec_pop--
.runexec2
-file-
--.findfontop--
null
2
--%stopped_push--
-file-
2045
1
3
--%oparray_pop--
2044
1
3
--%oparray_pop--
2024
1
3
--%oparray_pop--
1884
1
3
--%oparray_pop--
null
--%errorexec_pop--
.runexec2
-file-
--.findfontop--
null
2
--%stopped_push--
-file-
--.findfontop--
1975
1
3
--%oparray_pop--
Dictionary stack:
--dict:970/1684(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:371/450(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Current file position is 7406
GPL Ghostscript 9.26: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
PostScript/PDF Interpreter finished. Return status 256 executed command : gs -dDELAYBIND -dWRITESYSTEMDICT -dESTACKPRINT -dNODISPLAY -dNOEPS "/tmp/psin5yBU4z"
The interpreter seems to have failed, cannot proceed !
closing dynamic library /usr/local/lib/pstoedit/libp2edrvstd.so
not really closing dynamic library because of pthread problem under Linux - contact author for details or check dynload.cpp from pstoedit source code /usr/local/lib/pstoedit/libp2edrvstd.so
destroying Dynloader for /usr/local/lib/pstoedit/libp2edrvstd.so

On 8/15/19 6:55 PM, Wolfgang Glunz wrote:

Hi Philip,

That looks strange, but not related to the earlier issues with incompatibilities.
Can you please run pstoedit with the -v option to get a bit more details.
At first - it looks like a problem with installation of fonts for ghostscript.

BR
Wolfgang

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[support-requests:#4]https://sourceforge.net/p/pstoedit/support-requests/4/ pstoedit 3.74 throws /findfont error with Ghostscript 9.26

Status: open
Group: v1.0_(example)
Created: Thu Aug 08, 2019 10:00 AM UTC by Philip Smith
Last Updated: Thu Aug 08, 2019 10:00 AM UTC
Owner: Wolfgang Glunz

There still seems to be an incompatibility between pstoedit 3.74 and ghostscript 9.26 (error on Fedora FC29 and FC30:

pstoedit -f xfig temp.eps temp.fig
pstoedit: version 3.74 / DLL interface 108 (built: Jul 30 2019 - release build - g++ 9.1.1 20190503 (Red Hat 9.1.1-1) - 64-bit) : Copyright (C) 1993 - 2019 Wolfgang Glunz
Error: /undefined in /findfont
Operand stack:
Courier-Bold
Execution stack:
%interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- .findfontop --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- .findfontop .findfontop false 1 %stopped_push 2045 1 3 %oparray_pop 2044 1 3 %oparray_pop 2024 1 3 %oparray_pop 1884 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- .findfontop --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- 2045 1 3 %oparray_pop 2044 1 3 %oparray_pop 2024 1 3 %oparray_pop 1884 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- .findfontop --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- .findfontop 1975 1 3 %oparray_pop
Dictionary stack:
--dict:970/1684(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:371/450(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Current file position is 7406
GPL Ghostscript 9.26: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
PostScript/PDF Interpreter finished. Return status 256 executed command : gs -q -dDELAYBIND -dWRITESYSTEMDICT -dNODISPLAY -dNOEPS "/tmp/psinGxE3m8"

Philip

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[Philip Smith]

Dear Wolfgang,

Has there been any movement towards a resolution of the pstoedit-ghostscript incompatibility issue? There seem to have been a few other issues that have surfaced in relation to the recent releases of ghostscript, but I think they regard them as an upstream developer's responsibility.

Best wishes,

Philip

On 8/15/19 6:55 PM, Wolfgang Glunz wrote:

Hi Philip,

That looks strange, but not related to the earlier issues with incompatibilities.
Can you please run pstoedit with the -v option to get a bit more details.
At first - it looks like a problem with installation of fonts for ghostscript.

BR
Wolfgang

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[support-requests:#4]https://sourceforge.net/p/pstoedit/support-requests/4/ pstoedit 3.74 throws /findfont error with Ghostscript 9.26

Status: open
Group: v1.0_(example)
Created: Thu Aug 08, 2019 10:00 AM UTC by Philip Smith
Last Updated: Thu Aug 08, 2019 10:00 AM UTC
Owner: Wolfgang Glunz

There still seems to be an incompatibility between pstoedit 3.74 and ghostscript 9.26 (error on Fedora FC29 and FC30:

pstoedit -f xfig temp.eps temp.fig
pstoedit: version 3.74 / DLL interface 108 (built: Jul 30 2019 - release build - g++ 9.1.1 20190503 (Red Hat 9.1.1-1) - 64-bit) : Copyright (C) 1993 - 2019 Wolfgang Glunz
Error: /undefined in /findfont
Operand stack:
Courier-Bold
Execution stack:
%interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- .findfontop --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- .findfontop .findfontop false 1 %stopped_push 2045 1 3 %oparray_pop 2044 1 3 %oparray_pop 2024 1 3 %oparray_pop 1884 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- .findfontop --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- 2045 1 3 %oparray_pop 2044 1 3 %oparray_pop 2024 1 3 %oparray_pop 1884 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- .findfontop --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- .findfontop 1975 1 3 %oparray_pop
Dictionary stack:
--dict:970/1684(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:371/450(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Current file position is 7406
GPL Ghostscript 9.26: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
PostScript/PDF Interpreter finished. Return status 256 executed command : gs -q -dDELAYBIND -dWRITESYSTEMDICT -dNODISPLAY -dNOEPS "/tmp/psinGxE3m8"

Philip

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[Wolfgang Glunz]

Hi Philip,

for the problems related to gs9.50, please use "-psarg -dNOSAFER" as a temporary work-around,

Wolfgang

[Philip Smith]

Dear Wolfgang,

Thank you for prompt reply. However, assuming I've understood your response correctly, I still get the "findfont" error (below). It must be very annoying to have a mature and stable package and for someone downstream to then go and break something!

Best wishes,

Philip

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pstoedit -psarg -dNOSAFER -f xfig temp.eps temp2.fig
pstoedit: version 3.74 / DLL interface 108 (built: Jul 30 2019 - release build - g++ 9.1.1 20190503 (Red Hat 9.1.1-1) - 64-bit) : Copyright (C) 1993 - 2019 Wolfgang Glunz
Error: /undefined in /findfont
Operand stack:
Courier-Bold
Execution stack:
%interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- .findfontop --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- .findfontop .findfontop false 1 %stopped_push 1991 1 3 %oparray_pop 1990 1 3 %oparray_pop 1978 1 3 %oparray_pop 1833 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- .findfontop --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- 1991 1 3 %oparray_pop 1990 1 3 %oparray_pop 1978 1 3 %oparray_pop 1833 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- .findfontop --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- .findfontop 1926 1 3 %oparray_pop
Dictionary stack:
--dict:734/1123(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:369/450(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Current file position is 7406
GPL Ghostscript 9.27: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
PostScript/PDF Interpreter finished. Return status 256 executed command : gs -q -dDELAYBIND -dWRITESYSTEMDICT -dNODISPLAY -dNOEPS -dNOSAFER "/tmp/psinjIeuTw"
The interpreter seems to have failed, cannot proceed !

Philip,

for the problems related to gs9.50, please use "-psarg -dNOSAFER" as a temporary work-around,

Wolfgang

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[support-requests:#4]https://sourceforge.net/p/pstoedit/support-requests/4/ pstoedit 3.74 throws /findfont error with Ghostscript 9.26

Status: open
Group: v1.0_(example)
Created: Thu Aug 08, 2019 10:00 AM UTC by Philip Smith
Last Updated: Thu Aug 15, 2019 08:55 AM UTC
Owner: Wolfgang Glunz

There still seems to be an incompatibility between pstoedit 3.74 and ghostscript 9.26 (error on Fedora FC29 and FC30:

pstoedit -f xfig temp.eps temp.fig
pstoedit: version 3.74 / DLL interface 108 (built: Jul 30 2019 - release build - g++ 9.1.1 20190503 (Red Hat 9.1.1-1) - 64-bit) : Copyright (C) 1993 - 2019 Wolfgang Glunz
Error: /undefined in /findfont
Operand stack:
Courier-Bold
Execution stack:
%interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- .findfontop --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- .findfontop .findfontop false 1 %stopped_push 2045 1 3 %oparray_pop 2044 1 3 %oparray_pop 2024 1 3 %oparray_pop 1884 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- .findfontop --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- 2045 1 3 %oparray_pop 2044 1 3 %oparray_pop 2024 1 3 %oparray_pop 1884 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- .findfontop --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- .findfontop 1975 1 3 %oparray_pop
Dictionary stack:
--dict:970/1684(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:371/450(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Current file position is 7406
GPL Ghostscript 9.26: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
PostScript/PDF Interpreter finished. Return status 256 executed command : gs -q -dDELAYBIND -dWRITESYSTEMDICT -dNODISPLAY -dNOEPS "/tmp/psinGxE3m8"

Philip

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[Wolfgang Glunz]

The original problem with gs 9.26 is a problem of ghostscript itself, not of pstoedit. You can easily reproduce the issue by the following steps
echo "/Helvetica findfont setfont" > test.ps
gsnd -DDELAYBIND test.ps

The problem is solved with gs 9.50 and the recent pstoedit (3.75) should be compatible with that as well.

Best Regards
Wolfgang