Bug 688612

Summary:	rangecheck in readstring
Product:	Ghostscript	Reporter:	Dan Coby <dan.coby>
Component:	General	Assignee:	leonardo <leonardo>
Status:	NOTIFIED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P4
Version:	master
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Customer:	870	Word Size:	---

Description Dan Coby 2006-03-22 21:05:12 UTC

Note:  Problem reported on Linux with 8.53 but also verified on WinXP and head.

WinXP cmd line:  

bin/gswin32c datenblatt.pdf -c quit


Original report:

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Symptoms:

interpreting the PDF file datenblatt.pdf does not work, the error message:

"Error: /rangecheck in --readstring -- "

is reported. The file can be viewed by the Acrobat Reader.


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Ghostscript version (or include output from "gs -h"):

Aladdin Ghostscript 8.53 (2005-10-20)

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Where you got Ghostscript:

Artifex

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Hardware system you are using (including printer model if the problem
involves printing):

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Operating system you are using:

linux

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If you are using X Windows, and your problem involved output to the
screen, the output from running xdpyinfo and xwininfo:

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C compiler you are using, including its version, if you compiled
Ghostscript yourself:

gcc 2.91.66

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If you compiled Ghostscript yourself, changes you made to the makefiles:

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Environment variables:

	GS_DEVICE

	GS_FONTPATH

	GS_LIB

	GS_OPTIONS

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Command line:

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URL or FTP location of test files (include the data at the end of this
form if 500K or less):


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Suggested fix, if any:



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Other comments:

Comment 1 Dan Coby 2006-03-22 21:06:32 UTC

Created attachment 2122 [details]
test file

Comment 2 Dan Coby 2006-03-22 21:11:12 UTC

Changing the assignment since the problem seems to be font related:

Here is the tail end of the output from -dPDFDEBUG:


%Resolving: [16 0]
<<
/Type /FontDescriptor /FontName /Blockstile,Bold /Flags 34 /FontBBox [
-179 -262 4691 917 ]
/StemV 93 /ItalicAngle 0 /CapHeight 917 /Ascent 917 /Descent -262 /FontFile2 
17 0 R
>>
endobj
%Resolving: [17 0]
<<
/Filter /FlateDecode /Length 18 0 R
/Length1 19 0 R
>>
stream
%Resolving: [18 0]
34049 endobj
%FilePosition: 24223
%Resolving: [18 0]
endobj
%Resolving: [18 0]
%Resolving: [16 0]
Error: /rangecheck in --readstring--
Operand stack:
   --dict:5/5(L)--   F1   4.08   --dict:9/9(L)--   --dict:9/9(L)--   2347   --
dict:9/9(L)--   tables   --nostringval--   ()
Execution stack:
   %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --
nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --
nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1   3   %oparray_pop   1   3   %
oparray_pop   1   3   %oparray_pop   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   
1   2   --nostringval--   %for_pos_int_continue   --nostringval--   --
nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   %array_continue   --
nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   %
loop_continue   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --
nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
   --dict:1120/1686(ro)(G)--   --dict:2/20(G)--   --dict:75/200(L)--   --
dict:75/200(L)--   --dict:105/127(ro)(G)--   --dict:261/347(ro)(G)--   --
dict:21/24(L)--   --dict:4/6(L)--   --dict:26/31(L)--   --dict:33/50(ro)(G)--
   --dict:6/40(L)--
Current allocation mode is local

Comment 3 Alex Cherepanov 2006-03-23 03:41:31 UTC

This is yet anoyher case of a PDF file with broken font keys.
The file has /FontFile2 key pointing to a PFB font.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 688465 ***

Comment 4 Marcos H. Woehrmann 2011-09-18 21:45:43 UTC

Changing customer bugs that have been resolved more than a year ago to closed.