Public bug reported:
The ps2ascii man page says: "PDF input must come from an explicitly-
named file, not standard input." This is incorrect. ps2ascii is
perfectly happy to read a PDF from standard input:
cat file.pdf | ps2ascii
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: ghostscript 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-76.83-generic 5.15.99
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-76-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Mon Jul 17 13:52:48 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-29 (1234 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64
(20190805)
SourcePackage: ghostscript
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-12-03 (225 days ago)
** Affects: ghostscript (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug jammy third-party-packages
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2028006
Title:
ps2ascii man page is wrong about PDFs on standard input
Status in ghostscript package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
The ps2ascii man page says: "PDF input must come from an explicitly-
named file, not standard input." This is incorrect. ps2ascii is
perfectly happy to read a PDF from standard input:
cat file.pdf | ps2ascii
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: ghostscript 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-76.83-generic 5.15.99
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-76-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Mon Jul 17 13:52:48 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-29 (1234 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64
(20190805)
SourcePackage: ghostscript
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-12-03 (225 days ago)
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