Arch Linux

Description:

ghostscript 9.24-2 converts postscript from pdf but exits with error.

Detected because it inhibits CUPS to print on an ipp connected postscript printer,
Head of /var/log/cups/error_log being:

E [06/Sep/2018:13:02:55 +0200] [Job 108] Job stopped due to filter errors; please consult the error_log file for details.
D [06/Sep/2018:13:02:55 +0200] [Job 108] The following messages were recorded from 01:02:54 PM to 01:02:55 PM
D [06/Sep/2018:13:02:55 +0200] [Job 108] last-document boolean true
D [06/Sep/2018:13:02:55 +0200] [Job 108] document-format mimeMediaType application/vnd.cups-postscript
D [06/Sep/2018:13:02:55 +0200] [Job 108] compression keyword none
D [06/Sep/2018:13:02:55 +0200] [Job 108] ---- end-of-attributes-tag ----
D [06/Sep/2018:13:02:55 +0200] [Job 108] Pages 12, Duplex None, Color CMYK, Size A4
....

Additional info:

Seems to be related to:
Bug 695873 - ghostscript can't find the Resource directory and the ICC profiles director
(https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695873)

* package version(s)

ghostscript 9.24-2

* config and/or log files etc.

None

Steps to reproduce:

Easiest, probably, by (tested on a fully updated Arch rolling, Linux i5 4.18.5-arch1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Aug 24 12:48:58 UTC 2018 x86_64 GNU/Linux):

pdf2ps dummy.pdf

This produces dummy.ps, but exits with error throwing:

./base/gsicc_manage.c:1244: gsicc_open_search(): Could not find default_rgb.icc
| ./base/gsicc_manage.c:2025: gsicc_set_device_profile(): cannot find device profile
Error: /rangecheck in .installpagedevice
Operand stack:
--nostringval-- --dict:205/211(ro)(L)-- --nostringval--
Execution stack:
%interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 2015 1 3 %oparray_pop 2014 1 3 %oparray_pop 1998 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- 1936 1 4 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- 1920 1 4 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- --nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
--dict:967/1684(ro)(G)-- --dict:1/20(G)-- --dict:78/200(L)-- --dict:78/200(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
GPL Ghostscript 9.24: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
./base/gsicc_manage.c:1244: gsicc_open_search(): Could not find default_gray.icc
| ./base/gsicc_manage.c:2025: gsicc_set_device_profile(): cannot find device profile