On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 02:45:41PM +0200, Pavel Sanda wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 10:19:20AM -0400, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> > > > > > > to need the flag "-dALLOWPSTRANSPARENCY" on TL21. Adding the 
> > > > > > > following
> > > > > > > line to my preferences file fixes some tests:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > \converter "ps" "pdf" "ps2pdf -dALLOWPSTRANSPARENCY $$i $$o" 
> > > > > > > "hyperref-driver=dvips
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Huh, this would be painful if true in general.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Indeed it does seem annoying, but is only relevant for a few of our 
> > > > > documents.
> > > > > 
> > > > > > What exact version of ghostscript do you have?
> > > > > 
> > > > > $ gs --version
> > > > > 9.53.3
> > > > 
> > > > If interested, see also: https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/12303
> > > 
> > > According to 
> > > https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/597980/ghostscript-requires-dallowpstransparency-when-compiling-pstricks-figures
> > > "An up-to-date TeX installation, such as TeXLive-2021, should already 
> > > have the GS call configured with -dALLOWPSTRANSPARENCY"
> > > Is this actually true?
> > 
> > I have an up-to-date TL21 installation and still get the issue. I'm not 
> > sure if the quoted statement was meant to be only about pdflatex.
> 
> Ok, we'll need to figure out whether there are security implications with 
> dALLOWPSTRANSPARENCY and hopefully add it to defaults.
> If not then we should at least parse error output to catch this particular 
> case and issue some informed warning.

Sounds good. Let's discuss further at #12303. I don't think I will spend time 
on a patch. But I'm happy to provide feedback if anyone else is interested.

Scott

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