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Public bug reported:

firefly:~> lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu 14.10
Release:        14.10
firefly:~> apt-cache policy ghostscript
ghostscript:
  Installed: 9.14~dfsg-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 9.14~dfsg-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 9.14~dfsg-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/ubuntu/ utopic/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

What I expected to happen:

After calling

ps2pdf -dCompressPages=false -DCompressFonts=false test-pdf.ps

and then renaming the output, I get test-ubuntu.pdf, and Apple's Preview
version 8.0 will not follow the links.

If I do this using ghostscript 9.15 as packaged by the fink project on
Mac OS X 10.10.1, as documented here:

[Media-Mac-mini-3:~/Downloads] lucier% fink list | grep ghostscript
        fc-ghostscript-fonts    20110722-1      Add ghostscript fonts to fontconfig search
 i      ghostscript     9.15-1  Interpreter for PostScript and PDF
        ghostscript-esp 9.14-3  Ghostscript with better CJK and cups support
 i      ghostscript-fonts       8.11+urwcyr1.0.7pre44-1 Standard fonts for Ghostscript
        ghostscript-nox 9.15-1  Interpreter for PostScript and PDF
        gv      3.7.3-1 X11 interface for ghostscript interpreter
        x-ghostscript-fonts     20020206-3      Allows X11 to use ghostscript fonts

I get test-macosx.pdf, which does allow Preview to follow the links.  If
I give the same command on RHEL6, with

zariski-101% gs --version
8.70

(surely with some back-patched fixes), I get test-RHEL6.pdf, which again
does allow Preview to follow the links.

I think the relevant fix in ghostscript 9.15 was this patch:

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=c79b0ee1dbc1cbbcbe406abd4bc47f617ed5cb2c

and the correct fix may be just to upgrade to this version.

I'll upload the test files.

Brad

** Affects: ghostscript (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Attachment added: "Input postscript file for tests"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1398229/+attachment/4272527/+files/test-pdf.ps

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Title:
  ps2pdf does not creat proper hyperlinks

Status in ghostscript package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  firefly:~> lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu 14.10
  Release:        14.10
  firefly:~> apt-cache policy ghostscript
  ghostscript:
    Installed: 9.14~dfsg-0ubuntu3
    Candidate: 9.14~dfsg-0ubuntu3
    Version table:
   *** 9.14~dfsg-0ubuntu3 0
          500 http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/ubuntu/ utopic/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  What I expected to happen:

  After calling

  ps2pdf -dCompressPages=false -DCompressFonts=false test-pdf.ps

  and then renaming the output, I get test-ubuntu.pdf, and Apple's
  Preview version 8.0 will not follow the links.

  If I do this using ghostscript 9.15 as packaged by the fink project on
  Mac OS X 10.10.1, as documented here:

  [Media-Mac-mini-3:~/Downloads] lucier% fink list | grep ghostscript
          fc-ghostscript-fonts    20110722-1      Add ghostscript fonts to fontconfig search
   i      ghostscript     9.15-1  Interpreter for PostScript and PDF
          ghostscript-esp 9.14-3  Ghostscript with better CJK and cups support
   i      ghostscript-fonts       8.11+urwcyr1.0.7pre44-1 Standard fonts for Ghostscript
          ghostscript-nox 9.15-1  Interpreter for PostScript and PDF
          gv      3.7.3-1 X11 interface for ghostscript interpreter
          x-ghostscript-fonts     20020206-3      Allows X11 to use ghostscript fonts

  I get test-macosx.pdf, which does allow Preview to follow the links.
  If I give the same command on RHEL6, with

  zariski-101% gs --version
  8.70

  (surely with some back-patched fixes), I get test-RHEL6.pdf, which
  again does allow Preview to follow the links.

  I think the relevant fix in ghostscript 9.15 was this patch:

  http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=c79b0ee1dbc1cbbcbe406abd4bc47f617ed5cb2c

  and the correct fix may be just to upgrade to this version.

  I'll upload the test files.

  Brad

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