PS bug in Solaris 10

Harrison Picot <[email protected]> Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:03:35 -0500

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the file

%!PS-Adobe-3.0 EPSF-3.0
%% Page 1

% ------ define procedures ---
/Addr{
       newpath
       0 60 moveto
       (Arie Picot) show
       0 48 moveto
       (19305 Creek Field Circle) show
       0 36 moveto
       (Lansdowne VA 20176-1621) show
} def
% ---  start the actual program ----
    /Times-Roman findfont
    12 scalefont
    setfont
gsave
36 740 translate
    10{ 0 -72 translate
       Addr
     } repeat
grestore
gsave
234  740 translate
    10{ 0 -72 translate
       Addr
     } repeat
grestore
432 740 translate
    10{ 0 -72 translate
       Addr
     } repeat

showpage


The failure

Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 09:55:23 -0500 (EST)
From: Line Printer Admin <[email protected]>
Subject: Status of lp request 6mp-166
MIME-Version: 1.0

Your request 6mp-166 destined for 6mp

The job title was:    arie-lansdown.ps
   submitted from:    shep
               at:    Tue Nov  4 09:55:22 2008

encountered an error during filtering.

Reason for failure:

fixps: warning: cannot run gs, except failures downstream.

Other info
hpicot@shep >> uname -a
SunOS shep 5.10 Generic_120011-14 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-80


This stuff is worse than Solaris 9