Thanks All We will not be able to change our applications as they are 3rdy parts we do not have code . Due to current vulnerabilities found by our audit team we have now to move from GS 9.14 to 9.Latest . But when we installed new GS its stated giving error Unknown device: "epswrite".
Is it possible to have someone add epswrite back or clone and rename eps2write as epswrite. Just for compatibility in the master. I do not want to compile my own GS On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 1:52 AM Zdenek Dohnal <zdoh...@redhat.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > IMHO it is allowed, but it brings more responsibilities than the pros in > most cases. The best course of action (if possible) would be to rewrite > your code to use the new Ghostscript API. > > If that's not possible, contact Ghostscript developers, Ken Sharp and > Chris Liddell, on IRC channel #ghostscript (freenode.net server) and > talk about a possibilities how to solve it. > > Downloading and customizing code on your own must be the last resort - > because by doing this, your code will depend by your specific > Ghostscript version you customized - which means, you will need to > bundle Ghostscript into your software to make it work in all environments. > > Once you will start bundling Ghostscript, then you become responsible > for fixing Ghostscript issues your bundled code has - especially > security vulnerabilities. So you'll end up periodically updating your > bundled Ghostscript and backporting security fixes, which were applied > in the original project lately. > > To sum it up, once you bundle, you will end up maintaining your > Ghostscript project, or you let it be with bugs and vulnerabilities in > your software. That's why it is a last resort. > > Have a nice day, > > > Zdenek > > On 2/14/21 7:08 PM, Jose E. Marchesi wrote: > > Hi Amit. > > > >> Hi Is there a way to download an open-source and change it to > customize? We > >> need to download the Ghost script and try to rename one of the function > >> eps2write as epswrite (deprecated version) for our legacy programs to be > >> compatible with the newer version of ghost script In the middle > releases, > >> the epswrite device was renamed as eps2write causing us to not being > able > >> to upgrade to latest version > > That's perfectly allowed. As free software, you are free to adapt it to > > your needs and to use and/or distribute the modified versions. > > > > See https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html > > > -- > Zdenek Dohnal > Software Engineer > Red Hat Czech - Brno TPB-C > > >
