Hello Ioanna, or anyone else affected, Accepted ghostscript into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-xenial to verification-done-xenial. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-xenial. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping! N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days. ** Changed in: ghostscript (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed ** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ghostscript in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1802958 Title: libgs9-common not upgraded when libgs9 upgraded Status in ghostscript package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in ghostscript source package in Trusty: In Progress Status in ghostscript source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Bug description: [Impact] ps2pdf stops working after upgrade of ghostscript to 9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 . ghostscript and libgs9 are upgrated to 9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2, but not libgs9-common which reamins at 9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 version. [Test Case] To reproduce the bug: Install 9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 version of ghostscript, libgs9 and libgs9-common. At this point ps2pdf should be working fine. Then sudo apt install ghostscript. ghostscript and libgs9 are upgraded but not libgs9-common. ps2pdf stops working : $ ps2pdf ascii.ps Unrecoverable error: typecheck in .bind Operand stack: --nostringval-- typecheck --nostringval-- scheck .gcheck [Regression Potential] Might cause problems when upgrading or installing ghostscript or libgs9 [Other Info] This bug affects trusty and xenial. It is already fixed in bionic and later. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/1802958/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
