> If I build the docs I use 'extractpdfmark' as well. In the light of > this thread I tried ghostscript self-compiled from their most recent > master, giving me 9.57.0. [...] > > [compilation time] is insane.
I also noticed a slower documentation build with ghostscript's new PDF engine, but not as extreme. Please file a GS bug report. There is already https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=705534 but the reporter wasn't able to provide something useful, so I guess a new issue is best. Werner