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11.91; Same as Bug 698680 - Error: /typecheck in --setfileposition--

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From: Olivier Ramare <olivier.ramare <at> univ-amu.fr>
To: bug-auctex <at> gnu.org
Subject: 11.91; Same as Bug 698680 - Error: /typecheck in --setfileposition--
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2021 10:19:58 +0200

--text follows this line--

Remember to cover the basics.  Including a minimal LaTeX example
file exhibiting the problem might help.

----------------------------
Bug 698680 there:
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698680
covers it all.

Best, Olivier
----------------------------

Emacs  : GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 2, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.14)
 of 2020-03-26, modified by Debian
Package: 11.91

Run buffer contents:

Running `Preview-LaTeX' on `FunnyExercise' with ``latex -ini 
-interaction=nonstopmode "&latex" prv_FunnyExercise.ini 
"\nonstopmode\nofiles\PassOptionsToPackage{active,tightpage,auctex}{preview}\AtBeginDocument{\ifx\ifPreview\undefined\RequirePackage[displaymath,floats,graphics,textmath,sections,footnotes]{preview}[2004/11/05]\fi}" 
"\input" "{\detokenize{"FunnyExercise.tex"}}"''
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.20 (TeX Live 2019/Debian) 
(INITEX)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./prv_FunnyExercise.ini
LaTeX2e <2020-02-02> patch level 2
L3 programming layer <2020-02-14> 
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/carlisle/mylatex.ltx) 
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/.tex File ignored))
No auxiliary output files.

(./FunnyExercise.tex 
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2019/12/20 v1.4l Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size12.clo)) 
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/amsfonts.sty) 
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty) 
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsmath.sty
For additional information on amsmath, use the `?' option.
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amstext.sty 
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsgen.sty)) 
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsbsy.sty) 
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsopn.sty)) 
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/jknapltx/mathrsfs.sty) 
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/latexsym.sty) 
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/enumerate.sty) 
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/multicol.sty) 
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/verbatim.sty) 
(./authordate1-4.sty) 
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/umsa.fd) 
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/umsb.fd) 
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/jknapltx/ursfs.fd) 
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ulasy.fd) )
Beginning to dump on file prv_FunnyExercise.fmt
 (preloaded format=prv_FunnyExercise 2021.4.24)
18608 strings of total length 306386
245011 memory locations dumped; current usage is 337&243846
16727 multiletter control sequences
\font\nullfont=nullfont
\font\OMX/cmex/m/n/10=cmex10
\font\tenln=line10
\font\tenlnw=linew10
\font\tencirc=lcircle10
\font\tencircw=lcirclew10
\font\OT1/cmr/m/n/5=cmr5
\font\OT1/cmr/m/n/7=cmr7
\font\OT1/cmr/m/n/10=cmr10
\font\OML/cmm/m...

[...]

    ...et 101 ended.(786431+0x25559040).
<-><->

l.1 \begin{thebibliography}{}

[101])

LaTeX Warning: There were undefined references.

 )
(see the transcript file for additional information)
Output written on FunnyExercise.dvi (101 pages, 24100 bytes).
SyncTeX written on FunnyExercise.synctex.gz.
Transcript written on FunnyExercise.log.

TeX Output exited as expected with code 1 at Sat Apr 24 09:51:22
Running `Preview-DviPS' with ``dvips -Pwww FunnyExercise.dvi -o 
FunnyExercise.prv/tmppBqKdI/preview.ps''
This is dvips(k) 5.999 Copyright 2019 Radical Eye Software 
(www.radicaleye.com)
' TeX output 2021.04.24:0951' -> FunnyExercise.prv/tmppBqKdI/preview.ps
</usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/base/tex.pro>
</usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/base/texps.pro>
</usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/base/special.pro>.
</usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr17.pfb>
</usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/symbols/msbm10.pfb>
</usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmmi12.pfb>
</usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr6.pfb>
</usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmmi8.pfb>
</usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmsy8.pfb>
</usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr8.pfb>
</usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmex10.pfb>
</usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmsy10.pfb>
</usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr12.pfb>
</usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmbx12.pfb>[1] 

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Preview-DviPS finished at Sat Apr 24 09:51:22
Running `Preview-Ghostscript' with ``/usr/bin/gs 
-dOutputFile\=\(FunnyExercise.prv/tmppBqKdI/pr1-\%d.png\) -q 
-dDELAYSAFER -dNOPAUSE -DNOPLATFONTS -dPrinted -dTextAlphaBits\=4 
-dGraphicsAlphaBits\=4 -sDEVICE\=png16m -r90.4x90.321''

Preview-Ghostscript finished at Sat Apr 24 09:51:23

current state:
==============
(setq
 AUCTeX-version "11.91"
 LaTeX-command-style '(("" "%(PDF)%(latex) %(file-line-error) 
%(extraopts) %S%(PDFout)"))
 image-types '(svg imagemagick png gif tiff jpeg xpm xbm pbm postscript)
 preview-image-type 'png
 preview-image-creators '((dvipng (open preview-gs-open 
preview-dvipng-process-setup)
               (place preview-gs-place) (close preview-dvipng-close))
              (png (open preview-gs-open) (place preview-gs-place)
               (close preview-gs-close))
              (jpeg (open preview-gs-open) (place preview-gs-place)
               (close preview-gs-close))
              (pnm (open preview-gs-open) (place preview-gs-place)
               (close preview-gs-close))
              (tiff (open preview-gs-open) (place preview-gs-place)
               (close preview-gs-close))
              )
 preview-dvipng-image-type 'png
 preview-dvipng-command "dvipng -picky -noghostscript %d -o 
%m/prev%%03d.png"
 preview-pdf2dsc-command "pdf2dsc %s.pdf %m/preview.dsc"
 preview-gs-command "/usr/bin/rungs"
 preview-gs-options '("-q" "-dDELAYSAFER" "-dNOPAUSE" "-DNOPLATFONTS" 
"-dPrinted"
              "-dTextAlphaBits=4" "-dGraphicsAlphaBits=4")
 preview-gs-image-type-alist '((png png "-sDEVICE=png16m") (dvipng png 
"-sDEVICE=png16m")
                   (jpeg jpeg "-sDEVICE=jpeg") (pnm pbm "-sDEVICE=pnmraw")
                   (tiff tiff "-sDEVICE=tiff12nc"))
 preview-fast-conversion t
 preview-prefer-TeX-bb nil
 preview-dvips-command "dvips -Pwww -i -E %d -o %m/preview.000"
 preview-fast-dvips-command "dvips -Pwww %d -o %m/preview.ps"
 preview-scale-function 'preview-scale-from-face
 preview-LaTeX-command '("%`%l 
\"\\nonstopmode\\nofiles\\PassOptionsToPackage{"
             ("," . preview-required-option-list)
 "}{preview}\\AtBeginDocument{\\ifx\\ifPreview\\undefined"
             preview-default-preamble "\\fi}\"%' 
\"{\\detokenize{\"%t\"}}\"")
 preview-required-option-list '("active" "tightpage" "auctex"
                (preview-preserve-counters "counters"))
 preview-preserve-counters nil
 preview-default-option-list '("displaymath" "floats" "graphics" 
"textmath" "sections"
                   "footnotes")
 preview-default-preamble '("\\RequirePackage[" ("," . 
preview-default-option-list)
                "]{preview}[2004/11/05]")
 preview-LaTeX-command-replacements nil
 preview-dump-replacements '(preview-LaTeX-command-replacements
                 ("\\`\\([^ ]+\\)\\(?: +\\(?:\\(--?kanji[= ][^ 
]+\\)\\|-\\(?:[^ \\\"]\\|\\\\.\\|\"[^\"]*\"\\)*\\)\\)*\\(.*\\)\\'" "\\1 
-ini \\2 -interaction=nonstopmode \"&\\1\" " preview-format-name ".ini \\3")
                 )
 preview-undump-replacements '(("\\`\\([^ ]+\\)\\(?: 
+\\(?:\\(--?kanji[= ][^ ]+\\)\\|-\\(?:[^ 
\\\"]\\|\\\\.\\|\"[^\"]*\"\\)*\\)\\)*.* \"\\\\input\" 
\"{\\\\detokenize{\" \\(.*\\) \"}}\"\\'" "\\1 \\2 
-interaction=nonstopmode -file-line-error " preview-format-name " 
\"/AUCTEXINPUT{\" \\3 \"}\"")
                   )
 preview-auto-cache-preamble 'ask
 preview-TeX-style-dir nil
 )

Output from running `/usr/bin/rungs -h':
GPL Ghostscript 9.50 (2019-10-15)
Copyright (C) 2019 Artifex Software, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Usage: gs [switches] [file1.ps file2.ps ...]
Most frequently used switches: (you can use # in place of =)
 -dNOPAUSE           no pause after page   | -q       `quiet', fewer 
messages
 -g<width>x<height>  page size in pixels   | -r<res>  pixels/inch 
resolution
 -sDEVICE=<devname>  select device         | -dBATCH  exit after last file
 -sOutputFile=<file> select output file: - for stdout, |command for pipe,
                                         embed %d or %ld for page #
Input formats: PostScript PostScriptLevel1 PostScriptLevel2 
PostScriptLevel3 PDF
Default output device: x11alpha
Available devices:
   alc1900 alc2000 alc4000 alc4100 alc8500 alc8600 alc9100 ap3250 atx23
   atx24 atx38 bbox bit bitcmyk bitrgb bitrgbtags bj10e bj10v bj10vh bj200
   bjc600 bjc800 bjc880j bjccmyk bjccolor bjcgray bjcmono bmp16 bmp16m
   bmp256 bmp32b bmpgray bmpmono bmpsep1 bmpsep8 ccr cdeskjet cdj1600 
cdj500
   cdj550 cdj670 cdj850 cdj880 cdj890 cdj970 cdjcolor cdjmono cdnj500 cfax
   chp2200 cif cljet5 cljet5c cljet5pr coslw2p coslwxl cups declj250 
deskjet
   devicen dfaxhigh dfaxlow display dj505j djet500 djet500c dl2100 dnj650c
   epl2050 epl2050p epl2120 epl2500 epl2750 epl5800 epl5900 epl6100 epl6200
   eplcolor eplmono eps2write eps9high eps9mid epson epsonc escp escpage
   faxg3 faxg32d faxg4 fmlbp fmpr fpng fs600 gdi gprf hl1240 hl1250 hl7x0
   hpdj1120c hpdj310 hpdj320 hpdj340 hpdj400 hpdj500 hpdj500c hpdj510
   hpdj520 hpdj540 hpdj550c hpdj560c hpdj600 hpdj660c hpdj670c hpdj680c
   hpdj690c hpdj850c hpdj855c hpdj870c hpdj890c hpdjplus hpdjportable 
ibmpro
   ijs imagen inferno ink_cov inkcov itk24i itk38 jetp3852 jj100 jpeg
   jpegcmyk jpeggray la50 la70 la75 la75plus laserjet lbp310 lbp320 lbp8
   lex2050 lex3200 lex5700 lex7000 lips2p lips3 lips4 lips4v lj250 lj3100sw
   lj4dith lj4dithp lj5gray lj5mono ljet2p ljet3 ljet3d ljet4 ljet4d
   ljet4pjl ljetplus ln03 lp1800 lp1900 lp2000 lp2200 lp2400 lp2500 lp2563
   lp3000c lp7500 lp7700 lp7900 lp8000 lp8000c lp8100 lp8200c lp8300c
   lp8300f lp8400f lp8500c lp8600 lp8600f lp8700 lp8800c lp8900 lp9000b
   lp9000c lp9100 lp9200b lp9200c lp9300 lp9400 lp9500c lp9600 lp9600s
   lp9800c lps4500 lps6500 lq850 lxm3200 lxm5700m m8510 md1xMono md2k
   md50Eco md50Mono md5k mgr4 mgr8 mgrgray2 mgrgray4 mgrgray8 mgrmono 
miff24
   mj500c mj6000c mj700v2c mj8000c ml600 necp6 npdl nullpage oce9050 oki182
   oki4w okiibm oprp opvp paintjet pam pamcmyk32 pamcmyk4 pbm pbmraw pcl3
   pclm pcx16 pcx24b pcx256 pcxcmyk pcxgray pcxmono pdfimage24 pdfimage32
   pdfimage8 pdfwrite pdfwrite pdfwrite pgm pgmraw pgnm pgnmraw photoex
   picty180 pj pjetxl pjxl pjxl300 pkm pkmraw pksm pksmraw plan plan9bm
   planc plang plank planm plib plibc plibg plibk plibm png16 png16m png256
   png48 pngalpha pnggray pngmono pngmonod pnm pnmraw ppm ppmraw pr1000
   pr1000_4 pr150 pr201 ps2write psdcmyk psdcmyk16 psdcmykog psdrgb 
psdrgb16
   pwgraster pxlcolor pxlmono r4081 rinkj rpdl samsunggdi sj48 spotcmyk
   st800 stcolor t4693d2 t4693d4 t4693d8 tek4696 tiff12nc tiff24nc tiff32nc
   tiff48nc tiff64nc tiffcrle tiffg3 tiffg32d tiffg4 tiffgray tifflzw
   tiffpack tiffscaled tiffscaled24 tiffscaled32 tiffscaled4 tiffscaled8
   tiffsep tiffsep1 txtwrite uniprint x11 x11alpha x11cmyk x11cmyk2 
x11cmyk4
   x11cmyk8 x11gray2 x11gray4 x11mono xcf xes xpswrite
Search path:
   /usr/share/ghostscript/9.50/Resource/Init :
   /usr/share/ghostscript/9.50/lib :
   /usr/share/ghostscript/9.50/Resource/Font :
   /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts : /var/lib/ghostscript/fonts :
   /usr/share/cups/fonts : /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts :
   /usr/local/lib/ghostscript/fonts : /usr/share/fonts
Ghostscript is also using fontconfig to search for font files
For more information, see /usr/share/doc/ghostscript/Use.htm.
On debian system you may need to install ghostscript-doc package.
Please report bugs to bugs.ghostscript.com.

=================== END ==========================

Message #8 received at 47995 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
To: Olivier Ramare <olivier.ramare <at> univ-amu.fr>
Cc: 47995 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#47995: 11.91; Same as Bug 698680 - Error: /typecheck in
 --setfileposition--
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2021 17:25:33 +0200

Hi Olivier,

Olivier Ramare <olivier.ramare <at> univ-amu.fr> writes:

> ----------------------------
> Bug 698680 there:
> https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698680
> covers it all.
>
> Best, Olivier
> ----------------------------
>
> Emacs  : GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 2, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.14)
>  of 2020-03-26, modified by Debian
> Package: 11.91

I'm not sure if I understand your bug report.  The bug reported above
was fixed with AUCTeX 11.92 which was released in December 2017.  From
the release notes[1]:

,----[ New features and fixed bugs in this release ]
| preview-latex is compatible with Ghostscript 9.22 where the
| operator '.runandhide' is removed.  All occurrences of
| '.runandhide' in preview-latex are replaced by alternative code
| making it work with Ghostscript 9.22 again.
`----

Can you please update your AUCTeX and try it again?  Installing AUCTeX
from ELPA is the easiest way.

Best, Arash

Footnotes:
[1]  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-auctex/2017-12/msg00000.html

Message #11 received at 47995 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
To: Olivier Ramare <olivier.ramare <at> univ-amu.fr>
Cc: 47995 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#47995: 11.91; Same as Bug 698680 - Error: /typecheck in
 --setfileposition--
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 16:43:06 +0200

Hi Olivier,

Olivier Ramare <olivier.ramare <at> univ-amu.fr> writes:

>   Many thanks for your mail.

Sure, you're welcome.  In future, please always keep ##@debbugs.gnu.org
in CC, thanks.

> Yes I run Focal Fossa and Auctex is still the old version --
>
> The problem is now solved!

Great.

> Some remarks.
>
> So I deleted Ubuntu-auctex and updated things with elpa, and the
> problem remains. Official mail below but two remarks:
>
> -- When upgrading to Auctex version gnu 13.0.8, I ran into the problem:
>
> https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/62554/wrong-type-argument-number-or-marker-p-nil-after-upgrading-auctex
>
> -- Auctex version 12.0.1 had the initial problem.
>
> After some battling I did exactly as you suggested:
>
> removed package version 13.0.8 through melpa *and exited emacs*
>
> removed package version 12.0.1 through melpa *and exited emacs*
>
> reinstalled package version 13.0.8 through melpa
>
> and everything looks smooth!
>
> This sounds somewhat like magic words, I'm very surprised at this
> necessity of exiting emacs each time, but here it is.

Yes, it seems ELPA installations can run into problems if you're
installing 2 versions of a package which are not compatible.  I saw a
similar report for Tramp as well[1], not sure if the issues are
relevant, though.

Best, Arash

Footnotes:
[1]  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2021-04/msg01458.html

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