Source: libjpeg8 Version: 8b-1 Severity: normal Hi,
Ghostscript currently[1] use a local copy of libjpeg. This is explained in the following snippet from its documentation: > we have also provided the ability to [link against system library] > with the JPEG library (SHARE_JPEG), but should not use it: in order to > be compatible with Adobe interpreters (which do not follow the JPEG > standard exactly), Ghostscript has to compile the IJG code with the > non-standard definition > > #define D_MAX_BLOCKS_IN_MCU 64 > > and since shared versions of this library will not have been compiled > this way, you will get errors on some valid PostScript and PDF input > files. For security reasons I would prefer that the Debian packaging of Ghostscript could link against the shared libjpeg library, which brings me to this request: Please provide a variant of libjpeg with above definition declared, so that Ghostscript (and perhaps other projects as well?) can use the shared code while still staying compatible with non-standard Adobe Postscript files. Kind regards, - Jonas Ghostscript package maintainer [1] Actually, right now ghostscript links against shared libjpeg62, but bug#582417 made me look closer and realize that this is bad, so propably will switch back to using the internal code if this issue cannot be solved quick. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
