Comment 9 for bug 584354

I have unfortunately no 64 bit machine for testing: my computers are all 32 bit machines. Since the problem did not occur with the previous Ubuntu 8.04 32 bit, I did the following cross testing with the 32 bit version of Ubuntu 8.04 .

 1) on 32 bit Ubuntu 10.10: latex
     on 32 bit Ubuntu 8.04: dvips and ps2pdf

    FAILS with dvips:

    This is dvips(k) 5.96.1 Copyright 2007 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com)
    ' TeX output 2010.08.13:2231' -> test.ps
    dvips: ! Couldn't find header file pst-algparser.pro.
    Note that an absolute path or a relative path with .. are denied in -R2 mode.

 2) on 32 bit Ubuntu 10.10: latex and dvips
     on 32 bit Ubuntu 8.04 : ps2pdf

     FAILS with ps2pdf (hangs): the PS file is not converted into a PDF file
     so apparently the PS file is corrupted as the same result occurs if the PS is converted under the 32 bit version of Ubuntu 10.10

 3) on 32 bit Ubuntu 8.04 : latex
     on 32 bit Ubuntu 10.10: dvips and ps2pdf

    WORKS

 4) on 32 bit Ubuntu 8.04 : latex and dvips
     on 32 bit Ubuntu 10.10: ps2pdf

    WORKS

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I wonder what the right conclusions are. I would guess the problem is the LATEX binary (and/or the package implementation of pstricks and "pst-algparser.pro", respectively; see case 1) of the 32 bit version of Ubuntu 10.04 since the DVI file cannot be processed with the 32 bit version of Ubuntu 8.04. Assuming that the DVI files should be compatible (which I do not know) this seems to be a valid conclusion.