ghostscript segfaults on amd64 when building plplot

[Matthias Klose]

on saucy/amd64, call debian/rules build-indep on amd64. fails with:

kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 ptmb8r
mktexpk: Running gsftopk ptmb8r 600
gsftopk(k) version 1.19.2/907
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grep: ptmb8r.log: No such file or directory
mktexpk: `gsftopk ptmb8r 600' failed to make ptmb8r.600pk.
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.

!pdfTeX error: /usr/bin/pdfjadetex (file ptmb8r): Font ptmb8r at 600 not found
 ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
make[3]: *** [doc/docbook/src/plplot-5.9.9.pdf] Error 1

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

Can you find out with which command line Ghostscript gets called and which PostScript or PDF file gets fed into Ghostscript here? Can you attach the file and tell us which command line got used? Thanks.

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

No, I won't have the time to do this. However this is reproducible in a saucy chroot.

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

I can reproduce the bug on my 64-bit Saucy real-iron system. See Apport information in bug 1200280.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

Can be reproduced in a more straight forward way by running the command:

gsftopk ptmb8r 600

This makes Ghostscript segfault in both Raring and Saucy (both GS 9.07).

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

Works with Ghostscript 9.09rc1 (Saucy).