a2ps 4.13: buggy PS output ("Error: /undefined in 15,000000")

[Yves Forkl]

Hi,

I checked the FAQ and the Known bugs but couldn't find this there.

For each file we tried, a2ps 4.13 on our Linux machine (uname -r says 
kernel is 2.4.9-31SGI_XFS_1.1smp) happily produces PS output that causes 
GhostScript 6.51 (and 7.05) just as much as our HP LJ PS printer to 
refuse to render the page. See attached samples: text file, generated PS 
file and GhostScript's complaints.

As we don't need the features of a2ps 4.13, we have reverted back to 
4.12 which works perfectly well.

If you give me some clue about the further info you might need about our 
system, I can try to figure it out. (Unfortunately, I don't know neither 
who compiled our build of 4.13 nor under which conditions.)

Is this bug already known? If so, where could I obtain a patched version?

     Yves Forkl

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Description: PostScript document

GNU Ghostscript 6.51 (2001-03-28)
Copyright (C) 2001 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA.  All rights reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file COPYING for details.
Loading NimbusRomNo9L-Regu font from 
/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/n021003l.pfb... 2362024 982797 1622424 328124 0 
done.
Loading NimbusSanL-Regu font from 
/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/n019003l.pfb... 2639936 1238472 1642520 335588 0 
done.
Error: /undefined in 15,000000
Operand stack:
   th
Execution stack:
   %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   
--nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   
--nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1   3   %oparray_pop   1   3   
%oparray_pop   1   3   %oparray_pop   .runexec2   --nostringval--   
--nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   
--nostringval--   --nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
   --dict:1026/1476(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:84/200(L)--   
--dict:55/200(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: 2
Current file position is 15986