Re: Ghostscript/GhostPDL 9.28 Release Candidate 1

On 19/08/2019 14:14, Akira Kakuto wrote:
> Dear Chris,
> 
>> Note that the previous SAFER behaviour can still be accessed by using
>> "-dSAFER -dOLDSAFER" - but this will only be true until we're convinced
>> we've got no reason to keep the old behaviour.
> 
> Thanks for the gs-9.28rc1.
> "-dSAFER -dOLDSAFER" is very convenient in our TeX applications
> epstopdf, dvipdfmx, and xdvipdfmx which uses "setpagedevice".
> Please keep the old behavior.

The *old* behaviour limits what setpagedevice can do, the new behaviour
unshackles setpagedevice, whilst retaining the file access controls.

So, I don't understand why you'd want/need us to keep the OLDSAFER
behaviour. Perhaps if you could elaborate?

Chris