[scribus] Eps import suddenly doesn't work anymore

[Gary Dale]

On 2018-11-04 6:22 a.m., Gary Dale wrote:
> On 2018-11-01 12:45 PM, Georg Kastlunger wrote:
>> Dear Scribus Team,
>>
>> I recently encountered the problem that I am not able to import any 
>> eps files via File>Import> Get_vector_file anymore. This is really 
>> puzzling because I never had a problem regarding this matter for years.
>>
>> I am using Ubuntu 16.04, Scribus 1.4.6, Ghostscript 9.25.
>>
>> The prompt I get is:
>>
>> Importing File:
>>
>>
>> <filename>.eps
>>
>> failed!
>>
>> It appears that there's a problem regarding ghostscript, since the 
>> terminal output is:
>>
>> PostScript import failed when calling gs as:
>> -q -dNOPAUSE -dNODISPLAY -dBATCH -dDELAYBIND -g6048x2016 -r288 
>> -dTextAlphaBits=4 -dGraphicsAlphaBits=4 -c 450 -144 translate 
>> -sTraceFile=/home/georg/.scribus//ps.out -sExportFiles=<some_name> 
>> /usr/lib/scribus/import.prolog /<somepath>.eps -c flush cfile closefile
>> quit
>>
>> Ghostscript diagnostics:
>>          GPL Ghostscript 9.25: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
>>          :
>>             DeviceGray
>>          Execution stack:
>>             %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval-- 
>> --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push --nostringval--
>>             --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1 
>> %stopped_push   2042   1   3   %oparray_pop   2041   1   3 %oparra
>>          y_pop   --nostringval--   2022   1   3   %oparray_pop 1884   
>> 1   3   %oparray_pop   --nostringval--   %errorexec_pop
>>            .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval-- 
>> --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval-- --nostringval
>>          --   --nostringval--   --nostringval-- --nostringval--
>>          Dictionary stack:
>>             --dict:975/1684(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)-- 
>> --dict:177/200(L)--   --dict:7/8(L)--
>>
>>          Current allocation mode is local
>>          Current file position is 3303
>>
>>
>> However, looking at the images in ghostview directly works without 
>> any problems.
>>
>> In the beginning, I thought that the fonts might be problematic but 
>> even the following file created via gnuplot, in this way:
>>
>> gnuplot> set term eps color solid
>>
>> gnuplot> set out 'test.eps'
>>
>> gnuplot> p x
>>
>> can not be imported and the error is the same.
>>
>> I tried updating scribus, ghostscript, ghostscript-font (gsfont), 
>> without success.
>>
>> Dou you maybe have any idea or experience how I could solve this issue?
>>
>> Thank you in advance, Georg
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> The bug also affects importing (some) PDFs. I've found that in the 
> current version distributed with Debian/Buster (1.4.7 - Ghostscript 
> 9.25). My workaround to this point has been to switch to a 
> Debian/Stretch computer to import PDFs and to create the PDFs to send 
> to the printer.
>
> Interestingly some PDFs which seem to import OK cause the export to 
> PDF function to fail.
>
Debian/Stretch (stable) has moved Ghostscript up to 9.25 which breaks 
Scribus 1.4.6. If people are using Debian/Stretch, they should apt-mark 
hold ghostscript before updating.