Ghostscript removes links (regression from gs 9.18)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ghostscript (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Bug Description
I often reduce the size of pdf documents by running:
gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibility
The latest ghostscript version 9.26 doesn't keep links in the pdf file and produces slightly larger pdf files compared to 9.18.
The size doesn't matter so much, but it's really bad that the links get removed.
The attached file GhostscriptBug.
- Scribus document with a link (PDF annotation)
- PDF file with a link, generated by Scribus
- foo9.26.pdf is the file resulting from running the above command with ghostscript 9.26 (-> links removed)
- foo9.18.pdf is the file resulting from running the above command with ghostscript 9.18 (-> links still there)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-39-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
CupsErrorLog:
E [05/Dec/
E [05/Dec/
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Dec 5 12:20:41 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-05-25 (2751 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110426)
Lpstat:
device for KyoceraTASKalfa
device for PDF: cups-pdf:/
MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision Tower 3620
Papersize: letter
PpdFiles:
Error: command ['fgrep', '-H', '*NickName', '/etc/cups/
grep: /etc/cups/
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: ghostscript
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/11/2017
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2.6.1
dmi.board.name: 0MWYPT
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A01
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.
dmi.product.family: Precision
dmi.product.name: Precision Tower 3620
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
Same behaviour on bionic with 9.26