- Package:
- ghostscript
- Source:
- ghostscript
- Description:
- interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF
- Submitter:
- Roman Savochenko
- Date:
- 2026-04-21 07:15:01 UTC
- Severity:
- normal
- Tags:
The bug initialy reported in #1118353 as "Broken the main output device x11", but no X11 output was through complete removing the "-sInputFile" argument. After passing the input file directly there was detected other problem with switching to the command mode, which was resolved the "-sInputFile" argument. Switching to the command mode on Ghostscript 10.0.0: $ ghostscript -sInputFile=DS2405.pdf GPL Ghostscript 10.0.0 (2022-09-21) Copyright (C) 2022 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved. This software is supplied under the GNU AGPLv3 and comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file COPYING for details. GS> Impossibility to switch the command mode without the "-sInputFile" argument: $ ghostscript DS2405.pdf - GPL Ghostscript 10.05.1 (2025-04-29) Copyright (C) 2025 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved. This software is supplied under the GNU AGPLv3 and comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file COPYING for details. Processing pages 1 through 15. Page 1 Loading font TimesNewRoman (or substitute) from /usr/share/ghostscript/10.05.1/Resource/Font/NimbusRoman-Regular Loading font Arial,Bold (or substitute) from /usr/share/ghostscript/10.05.1/Resource/Font/NimbusSans-Bold Loading font Arial (or substitute) from /usr/share/ghostscript/10.05.1/Resource/Font/NimbusSans-Regular
x11", argument. I'm afraid I don't quite understand what you are reporting. It would help if you could follow-up with the following information: What command did you run? Please provide also all input files required. What behaviour did you expect? What behaviour did you observe? Thanks, -Steve
x11", argument. I'm afraid I don't quite understand what you are reporting. It would help if you could follow-up with the following information: What command did you run? Please provide also all input files required. What behaviour did you expect? What behaviour did you observe? Thanks, -Steve
19.04.26 02:12, Steven Robbins: $ ghostscript -sInputFile=DS2405.pdf GPL Ghostscript 10.0.0 (2022-09-21) Copyright (C) 2022 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved. This software is supplied under the GNU AGPLv3 and comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file COPYING for details. GS> That is a correct behavior of version 10.0.0 in Debian 12 due to we can entry commands to the document on the screen in "GS>". When I enter the same command on version 10.05.1 I get no image on the screen due to removing the argument "-sInputFile" there. When I try to use directly passed file name with "-", I get image, but stay in the interactive mode. $ ghostscript DS2405.pdf - GPL Ghostscript 10.05.1 (2025-04-29) Copyright (C) 2025 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved. This software is supplied under the GNU AGPLv3 and comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file COPYING for details. Processing pages 1 through 15. Page 1 Loading font TimesNewRoman (or substitute) from /usr/share/ghostscript/10.05.1/Resource/Font/NimbusRoman-Regular Loading font Arial,Bold (or substitute) from /usr/share/ghostscript/10.05.1/Resource/Font/NimbusSans-Bold Loading font Arial (or substitute) from /usr/share/ghostscript/10.05.1/Resource/Font/NimbusSans-Regular >>showpage, press <return> to continue<< So, there a question, how me must call ghostscript now to get image and stay in the command mode? Regards, Roman
19.04.26 02:12, Steven Robbins: $ ghostscript -sInputFile=DS2405.pdf GPL Ghostscript 10.0.0 (2022-09-21) Copyright (C) 2022 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved. This software is supplied under the GNU AGPLv3 and comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file COPYING for details. GS> That is a correct behavior of version 10.0.0 in Debian 12 due to we can entry commands to the document on the screen in "GS>". When I enter the same command on version 10.05.1 I get no image on the screen due to removing the argument "-sInputFile" there. When I try to use directly passed file name with "-", I get image, but stay in the interactive mode. $ ghostscript DS2405.pdf - GPL Ghostscript 10.05.1 (2025-04-29) Copyright (C) 2025 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved. This software is supplied under the GNU AGPLv3 and comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file COPYING for details. Processing pages 1 through 15. Page 1 Loading font TimesNewRoman (or substitute) from /usr/share/ghostscript/10.05.1/Resource/Font/NimbusRoman-Regular Loading font Arial,Bold (or substitute) from /usr/share/ghostscript/10.05.1/Resource/Font/NimbusSans-Bold Loading font Arial (or substitute) from /usr/share/ghostscript/10.05.1/Resource/Font/NimbusSans-Regular >>showpage, press <return> to continue<< So, there a question, how me must call ghostscript now to get image and stay in the command mode? Regards, Roman
19.04.26 02:12, Steven Robbins: $ ghostscript -sInputFile=DS2405.pdf GPL Ghostscript 10.0.0 (2022-09-21) Copyright (C) 2022 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved. This software is supplied under the GNU AGPLv3 and comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file COPYING for details. GS> That is a correct behavior of version 10.0.0 in Debian 12 due to we can entry commands to the document on the screen in "GS>". When I enter the same command on version 10.05.1 I get no image on the screen due to removing the argument "-sInputFile" there. When I try to use directly passed file name with "-", I get image, but stay in the interactive mode. $ ghostscript DS2405.pdf - GPL Ghostscript 10.05.1 (2025-04-29) Copyright (C) 2025 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved. This software is supplied under the GNU AGPLv3 and comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file COPYING for details. Processing pages 1 through 15. Page 1 Loading font TimesNewRoman (or substitute) from /usr/share/ghostscript/10.05.1/Resource/Font/NimbusRoman-Regular Loading font Arial,Bold (or substitute) from /usr/share/ghostscript/10.05.1/Resource/Font/NimbusSans-Bold Loading font Arial (or substitute) from /usr/share/ghostscript/10.05.1/Resource/Font/NimbusSans-Regular >>showpage, press <return> to continue<< So, there a question, how me must call ghostscript now to get image and stay in the command mode? Regards, Roman
I have tested 10.07. Running simply "gs foo.pdf" and after pressing enter for all the files, I did land on the GS> prompt. Does that work for you?
20.04.26 05:11, Steven Robbins: That is not about "work" due to after you list pages of the file to the end it is became closed, then you cannot to send commands like to "NEXT", "PAGE" to the file without its reopening. And once you open the file even by a command, you will again switch to the interactive mode. That is, the command mode must be accessible for opened file and it used by some old programs for navigation on the document!
On Monday, April 20, 2026 3:28:34 a.m. Central Daylight Time Roman Savochenko wrote: OK. This seems like deliberate behaviour change by upstream. I don't see a Debian bug here. Can we close this now?
21.04.26 01:49, Steven Robbins: Why I have set the tag "upstream" if you close all bugs related to upstream? And the regression is caused by removing a feature without its replacing, so it is not "deliberate behavior", due to it kill the soft based on such feature. So, what I must do with this broken soft after such voluntarism from the upstream?