[scribus] Eps import suddenly doesn't work anymore

[Gary Dale]

On 2018-11-01 12:45 PM, Georg Kastlunger wrote:
> Dear Scribus Team,
>
> I recently encountered the problem that I am not able to import any eps files via File>Import> Get_vector_file anymore. This is really puzzling because I never had a problem regarding this matter for years.
>
> I am using Ubuntu 16.04, Scribus 1.4.6, Ghostscript 9.25.
>
> The prompt I get is:
>
> Importing File:
>
>
> <filename>.eps
>
> failed!
>
> It appears that there's a problem regarding ghostscript, since the terminal output is:
>
> PostScript import failed when calling gs as:
> -q -dNOPAUSE -dNODISPLAY -dBATCH -dDELAYBIND -g6048x2016 -r288 -dTextAlphaBits=4 -dGraphicsAlphaBits=4 -c 450 -144 translate -sTraceFile=/home/georg/.scribus//ps.out -sExportFiles=<some_name> /usr/lib/scribus/import.prolog /<somepath>.eps -c flush cfile closefile
> quit
>
> Ghostscript diagnostics:
>          GPL Ghostscript 9.25: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
>          :
>             DeviceGray
>          Execution stack:
>             %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--
>             --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   2042   1   3   %oparray_pop   2041   1   3   %oparra
>          y_pop   --nostringval--   2022   1   3   %oparray_pop   1884   1   3   %oparray_pop   --nostringval--   %errorexec_pop
>            .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval
>          --   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
>          Dictionary stack:
>             --dict:975/1684(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:177/200(L)--   --dict:7/8(L)--
>
>          Current allocation mode is local
>          Current file position is 3303
>
>
> However, looking at the images in ghostview directly works without any problems.
>
> In the beginning, I thought that the fonts might be problematic but even the following file created via gnuplot, in this way:
>
> gnuplot> set term eps color solid
>
> gnuplot> set out 'test.eps'
>
> gnuplot> p x
>
> can not be imported and the error is the same.
>
> I tried updating scribus, ghostscript, ghostscript-font (gsfont), without success.
>
> Dou you maybe have any idea or experience how I could solve this issue?
>
> Thank you in advance, Georg
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The bug also affects importing (some) PDFs. I've found that in the 
current version distributed with Debian/Buster (1.4.7 - Ghostscript 
9.25). My workaround to this point has been to switch to a 
Debian/Stretch computer to import PDFs and to create the PDFs to send to 
the printer.

Interestingly some PDFs which seem to import OK cause the export to PDF 
function to fail.