Re: ps2pdf is called wrongly

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> Daniel Johnson wrote:
> > Sebastian Spaeth wrote:
> > 
> >> Hello,
> >> I just installed lilypond 2.5.11 on my amd64 and it works fine. 
> >> Thanks! There is one thing that does not work:
> >> Whenever I call lilypond -f pdf (or use the default as that creates 
> >> pdf as well) lilypond hangs indefinitly: if I kill it with ctrl-c I get:
> >>
> >> Konvertierung nach »CatStevens-FatherAndSon.pdf«...Error invoking 
> >> `ps2pdf  -sPAPERSIZE="a4" CatStevens-FatherAndSon.ps > /dev/null 2>&1 
> >> '. Return value 2
> >>
> >> I use ghostscript-7.07.1 <the one from aladdin>, and ps2pdf will also 
> >> hang if I call it like this on the command line.
> >>
> > Have you tried upgrading to ghostscript 8.x?  Newer versions of Lilypond 
> > are known to have certain problems with the 7.x series.  Unfortunately 
> > ESP ghostscript is stuck at 7.07, but GPL/Aladdin is up to 8.5 (with 
> > 8.15 being latest stable).
> > 
> I stand corrected: Not even
> ps2pdf CatStevens-FatherAndSon.ps CatStevens-FatherAndSon.pdf
> returns. It hangs as well, so my proposed solution would not work 
> anyway. I switched to afpl-ghostscript and that it works fine now.
> 
> Still, what do we do if it hangs? Lilypond is supposed to be "robust". 
> Can we protect outselves from hanging when a subcommand does?

I plan to build direct PDF output in Lily shortly.


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