[tex-live] pdflatex segfaults - /Group dict missing - pdfpages with nup 1x1

[Norbert Preining]

Dear all,

on the debian side we got a bug report that some pdfjam/pdfnup
commands don't work. It seems to be a problem with a specific
pdf file which was created by cairo from an svg, this is as far
as I could narrow it down. I attach the onefig.pdf

But only when it is included *two* times and *only* when the option nup=1x1
is set, at least as far as I see ...

$ cat test.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\includegraphics{onefig.pdf}
\newpage
\includegraphics{onefig.pdf}
\end{document}
$ cat inc.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\begin{document}
\includepdfmerge[nup=1x1]{test.pdf,-}
\end{document}


....

On TeX Live 2011:
$ pdflatex inc
...
(/home/norbert/tl/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/epstopdf-sys.cfg))
<test.pdf, id=3, page=1, 614.295pt x 794.97pt> <use test.pdf, page 1>
<use test.pdf, page 1> <use test.pdf, page 1> <use test.pdf, page 1>
<use test.pdf, page 1> [1 <./test.pdf{/home/norbert/tl/2011/texmf-var/fonts/map
/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}>] <test.pdf, id=19, page=2, 614.295pt x 794.97pt>
<use test.pdf, page 2> <use test.pdf, page 2> <use test.pdf, page 2> [2 <./test
.pdfSegmentation fault (core dumped)


If I do the same with pdflatex from a recent source build, i.e.
one that is in Debian (texlive svn sources from 2012-05-10) then I get:
$ pdflatex inc
...
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/epstopdf-sys.cfg))
<test.pdf, id=3, page=1, 614.295pt x 794.97pt> <use test.pdf, page 1>
<use test.pdf, page 1> <use test.pdf, page 1> <use test.pdf, page 1>
<use test.pdf, page 1> [1 <./test.pdf{/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pd
ftex.map}>] <test.pdf, id=19, page=2, 614.295pt x 794.97pt>
<use test.pdf, page 2> <use test.pdf, page 2> <use test.pdf, page 2> [2 <./test
.pdf
!pdfTeX error: pdflatex (file ./test.pdf): PDF inclusion: /Group dict missing
 ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!


Best wishes

Norbert
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