[tex-k] web2c: build breakage with poppler-0.58

Thomas Klausner tk at giga.or.at
Tue Oct 10 12:17:36 CEST 2017


Is this the wrong mailing list for the request?
What would be a better one?
 Thomas

On Fri, Sep 08, 2017 at 10:17:01AM +0200, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> poppler-0.58 changed the API of its xpdf compatibility layer.
> This breaks the build of web2c as included in texlive-20170524.
> 
> Preliminary patches by Tobias Nygren <tnn at NetBSD.org> are attached.
> 
> I'd like to suggest even more though, after talking with upstream
> poppler.
> 
> They see this API as "unsupported" and change it when and how they
> want.
> 
> Their view is that consumers should use one of the public APIs, i.e.
> the glib, qt4, qt5, or cpp ones.
> 
> Please switch web2c to use one of those. If the API provided by
> upstream does not fulfill web2c's needs, upstream is willing to talk
> (https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/poppler).
> 
> (I'm not upstream, I'm just a packager that would like to reduce
> future breakage.)
> 
> Thanks for listening,
>  Thomas

> $NetBSD: patch-pdftexdir_pdftoepdf.cc,v 1.1 2017/09/07 14:15:52 tnn Exp $
> 
> Try to adapt to new poppler-0.59 Object API.
> 
> --- pdftexdir/pdftoepdf.cc.orig	2016-11-25 18:09:21.000000000 +0000
> +++ pdftexdir/pdftoepdf.cc
> @@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ class PdfObject {
>    public:
>      PdfObject() {               // nothing
>      } ~PdfObject() {
> -        iObject.free();
>      }
>      Object *operator->() {
>          return &iObject;
> @@ -217,10 +216,9 @@ static void delete_document(PdfDocument 
>  
>  static void initDictFromDict(PdfObject & obj, Dict * dict)
>  {
> -    obj->initDict(xref);
> +    obj.iObject = Object(objDict);
>      for (int i = 0, l = dict->getLength(); i < l; i++) {
> -        Object obj1;
> -        obj->dictAdd(copyString(dict->getKey(i)), dict->getValNF(i, &obj1));
> +        obj->dictAdd(copyString(dict->getKey(i)), dict->getValNF(i));
>      }
>  }
>  
> @@ -323,7 +321,7 @@ static void copyDictEntry(Object * obj, 
>      PdfObject obj1;
>      copyName(obj->dictGetKey(i));
>      pdf_puts(" ");
> -    obj->dictGetValNF(i, &obj1);
> +    obj1.iObject = obj->dictGetValNF(i);
>      copyObject(&obj1);
>      pdf_puts("\n");
>  }
> @@ -382,7 +380,7 @@ static void copyProcSet(Object * obj)
>                      obj->getTypeName());
>      pdf_puts("/ProcSet [ ");
>      for (i = 0, l = obj->arrayGetLength(); i < l; ++i) {
> -        obj->arrayGetNF(i, &procset);
> +        procset.iObject = obj->arrayGetNF(i);
>          if (!procset->isName())
>              pdftex_fail("PDF inclusion: invalid ProcSet entry type <%s>",
>                          procset->getTypeName());
> @@ -413,25 +411,25 @@ static void copyFont(char *tag, Object *
>      }
>      // Only handle included Type1 (and Type1C) fonts; anything else will be copied.
>      // Type1C fonts are replaced by Type1 fonts, if REPLACE_TYPE1C is true.
> -    if (!fixedinclusioncopyfont && fontRef->fetch(xref, &fontdict)->isDict()
> -        && fontdict->dictLookup("Subtype", &subtype)->isName()
> +    if (!fixedinclusioncopyfont && (fontdict.iObject = fontRef->fetch(xref), fontdict->isDict())
> +        && (subtype.iObject = fontdict->dictLookup("Subtype"), subtype->isName())
>          && !strcmp(subtype->getName(), "Type1")
> -        && fontdict->dictLookup("BaseFont", &basefont)->isName()
> -        && fontdict->dictLookupNF("FontDescriptor", &fontdescRef)->isRef()
> -        && fontdescRef->fetch(xref, &fontdesc)->isDict()
> -        && (fontdesc->dictLookup("FontFile", &fontfile)->isStream()
> +        && (basefont.iObject = fontdict->dictLookup("BaseFont"), basefont->isName())
> +        && (fontdescRef.iObject = fontdict->dictLookupNF("FontDescriptor"), fontdescRef->isRef())
> +        && (fontdesc.iObject = fontdescRef->fetch(xref), fontdesc->isDict())
> +        && ((fontfile.iObject = fontdesc->dictLookup("FontFile"), fontfile->isStream())
>              || (REPLACE_TYPE1C
> -                && fontdesc->dictLookup("FontFile3", &fontfile)->isStream()
> -                && fontfile->streamGetDict()->lookup("Subtype",
> -                                                     &ffsubtype)->isName()
> +                && (fontfile.iObject = fontdesc->dictLookup("FontFile3"), fontfile->isStream())
> +                && (ffsubtype.iObject = fontfile->streamGetDict()->lookup("Subtype"), 
> +                                                     ffsubtype->isName())
>                  && !strcmp(ffsubtype->getName(), "Type1C")))
>          && (fontmap = lookup_fontmap(basefont->getName())) != NULL) {
>          // round /StemV value, since the PDF input is a float
>          // (see Font Descriptors in PDF reference), but we only store an
>          // integer, since we don't want to change the struct.
> -        fontdesc->dictLookup("StemV", &stemV);
> +        stemV.iObject = fontdesc->dictLookup("StemV");
>          fd = epdf_create_fontdescriptor(fontmap, zround(stemV->getNum()));
> -        if (fontdesc->dictLookup("CharSet", &charset) &&
> +        if ((charset.iObject = fontdesc->dictLookup("CharSet"), !charset->isNull()) &&
>              charset->isString() && is_subsetable(fontmap))
>              epdf_mark_glyphs(fd, charset->getString()->getCString());
>          else
> @@ -458,7 +456,7 @@ static void copyFontResources(Object * o
>                      obj->getTypeName());
>      pdf_puts("/Font << ");
>      for (i = 0, l = obj->dictGetLength(); i < l; ++i) {
> -        obj->dictGetValNF(i, &fontRef);
> +        fontRef.iObject = obj->dictGetValNF(i);
>          if (fontRef->isRef())
>              copyFont(obj->dictGetKey(i), &fontRef);
>          else if (fontRef->isDict()) {   // some programs generate pdf with embedded font object
> @@ -601,7 +599,7 @@ static void copyObject(Object * obj)
>      } else if (obj->isArray()) {
>          pdf_puts("[");
>          for (i = 0, l = obj->arrayGetLength(); i < l; ++i) {
> -            obj->arrayGetNF(i, &obj1);
> +            obj1.iObject = obj->arrayGetNF(i);
>              if (!obj1->isName())
>                  pdf_puts(" ");
>              copyObject(&obj1);
> @@ -640,7 +638,7 @@ static void writeRefs()
>          if (!r->written) {
>              Object obj1;
>              r->written = 1;
> -            xref->fetch(r->ref.num, r->ref.gen, &obj1);
> +            obj1 = xref->fetch(r->ref.num, r->ref.gen);
>              if (r->type == objFont) {
>                  assert(!obj1.isStream());
>                  pdfbeginobj(r->num, 2);         // \pdfobjcompresslevel = 2 is for this
> @@ -656,7 +654,7 @@ static void writeRefs()
>                  pdf_puts("\n");
>                  pdfendobj();
>              }
> -            obj1.free();
> +            obj1.setToNull();
>          }
>      }
>  }
> @@ -867,7 +865,7 @@ void write_epdf(void)
>      encodingList = 0;
>      page = pdf_doc->doc->getCatalog()->getPage(epdf_selected_page);
>      pageRef = pdf_doc->doc->getCatalog()->getPageRef(epdf_selected_page);
> -    xref->fetch(pageRef->num, pageRef->gen, &pageObj);
> +    pageObj.iObject = xref->fetch(pageRef->num, pageRef->gen);
>      pageDict = pageObj->getDict();
>      rotate = page->getRotate();
>      PDFRectangle *pagebox;
> @@ -886,7 +884,7 @@ void write_epdf(void)
>          pdf_printf("/%s.PageNumber %i\n", pdfkeyprefix, (int) epdf_selected_page);
>      }
>      if ((suppress_ptex_info & MASK_SUPPRESS_PTEX_INFODICT) == 0) {
> -        pdf_doc->doc->getDocInfoNF(&info);
> +        info = pdf_doc->doc->getDocInfoNF();
>          if (info.isRef()) {
>              // the info dict must be indirect (PDF Ref p. 61)
>              pdf_printf("/%s.InfoDict ", pdfkeyprefix);
> @@ -942,13 +940,13 @@ void write_epdf(void)
>      pdf_puts(stripzeros(s));
>  
>      // Metadata validity check (as a stream it must be indirect)
> -    pageDict->lookupNF("Metadata", &dictObj);
> +    dictObj.iObject = pageDict->lookupNF("Metadata");
>      if (!dictObj->isNull() && !dictObj->isRef())
>          pdftex_warn("PDF inclusion: /Metadata must be indirect object");
>  
>      // copy selected items in Page dictionary except Resources & Group
>      for (i = 0; pageDictKeys[i] != NULL; i++) {
> -        pageDict->lookupNF(pageDictKeys[i], &dictObj);
> +        dictObj.iObject = pageDict->lookupNF(pageDictKeys[i]);
>          if (!dictObj->isNull()) {
>              pdf_newline();
>              pdf_printf("/%s ", pageDictKeys[i]);
> @@ -957,7 +955,7 @@ void write_epdf(void)
>      } 
>  
>      // handle page group
> -    pageDict->lookupNF("Group", &dictObj);
> +    dictObj.iObject = pageDict->lookupNF("Group");
>      if (!dictObj->isNull()) {
>          if (pdfpagegroupval == 0) { 
>              // another pdf with page group was included earlier on the
> @@ -972,7 +970,7 @@ void write_epdf(void)
>              copyObject(&dictObj);
>          } else {
>              // write Group dict as a separate object, since the Page dict also refers to it
> -            pageDict->lookup("Group", &dictObj);
> +            dictObj.iObject = pageDict->lookup("Group");
>              if (!dictObj->isDict())
>                  pdftex_fail("PDF inclusion: /Group dict missing");
>              writeSepGroup = true;
> @@ -996,7 +994,7 @@ void write_epdf(void)
>          pdf_newline();
>          pdf_puts("/Resources <<\n");
>          for (i = 0, l = obj1->dictGetLength(); i < l; ++i) {
> -            obj1->dictGetVal(i, &obj2);
> +            obj2.iObject = obj1->dictGetVal(i);
>              key = obj1->dictGetKey(i);
>              if (strcmp("Font", key) == 0)
>                  copyFontResources(&obj2);
> @@ -1009,7 +1007,7 @@ void write_epdf(void)
>      }
>  
>      // write the page contents
> -    page->getContents(&contents);
> +    contents.iObject = page->getContents();
>      if (contents->isStream()) {
>  
>          // Variant A: get stream and recompress under control
> @@ -1021,21 +1019,21 @@ void write_epdf(void)
>  
>          // Variant B: copy stream without recompressing
>          //
> -        contents->streamGetDict()->lookup("F", &obj1);
> +        obj1.iObject = contents->streamGetDict()->lookup("F");
>          if (!obj1->isNull()) {
>              pdftex_fail("PDF inclusion: Unsupported external stream");
>          }
> -        contents->streamGetDict()->lookup("Length", &obj1);
> +        obj1.iObject = contents->streamGetDict()->lookup("Length");
>          assert(!obj1->isNull());
>          pdf_puts("/Length ");
>          copyObject(&obj1);
>          pdf_puts("\n");
> -        contents->streamGetDict()->lookup("Filter", &obj1);
> +        obj1.iObject = contents->streamGetDict()->lookup("Filter");
>          if (!obj1->isNull()) {
>              pdf_puts("/Filter ");
>              copyObject(&obj1);
>              pdf_puts("\n");
> -            contents->streamGetDict()->lookup("DecodeParms", &obj1);
> +            obj1.iObject = contents->streamGetDict()->lookup("DecodeParms");
>              if (!obj1->isNull()) {
>                  pdf_puts("/DecodeParms ");
>                  copyObject(&obj1);
> @@ -1048,9 +1046,7 @@ void write_epdf(void)
>      } else if (contents->isArray()) {
>          pdfbeginstream();
>          for (i = 0, l = contents->arrayGetLength(); i < l; ++i) {
> -            Object contentsobj;
> -            copyStream((contents->arrayGet(i, &contentsobj))->getStream());
> -            contentsobj.free();
> +            copyStream((contents->arrayGet(i)).getStream());
>              if (i < l - 1)
>                  pdf_newline();  // add a newline after each stream except the last
>          }

> $NetBSD: patch-pdftexdir_pdftosrc.cc,v 1.1 2017/09/07 14:15:52 tnn Exp $
> 
> Try to adapt to new poppler-0.59 Object API.
> 
> --- pdftexdir/pdftosrc.cc.orig	2016-11-25 18:09:21.000000000 +0000
> +++ pdftexdir/pdftosrc.cc
> @@ -86,22 +86,22 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>              objgen = atoi(argv[3]);
>      }
>      xref = doc->getXRef();
> -    catalogDict.initNull();
> -    xref->getCatalog(&catalogDict);
> +    catalogDict.setToNull();
> +    catalogDict = xref->getCatalog();
>      if (!catalogDict.isDict("Catalog")) {
>          fprintf(stderr, "No Catalog found\n");
>          exit(1);
>      }
> -    srcStream.initNull();
> +    srcStream.setToNull();
>      if (objnum == 0) {
> -        catalogDict.dictLookup("SourceObject", &srcStream);
> +        srcStream = catalogDict.dictLookup("SourceObject");
>          static char const_SourceFile[] = "SourceFile";
>          if (!srcStream.isStream(const_SourceFile)) {
>              fprintf(stderr, "No SourceObject found\n");
>              exit(1);
>          }
> -        srcName.initNull();
> -        srcStream.getStream()->getDict()->lookup("SourceName", &srcName);
> +        srcName.setToNull();
> +        srcName = srcStream.getStream()->getDict()->lookup("SourceName");
>          if (!srcName.isString()) {
>              fprintf(stderr, "No SourceName found\n");
>              exit(1);
> @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>          // We cannot free srcName, as objname shares its string.
>          // srcName.free();
>      } else if (objnum > 0) {
> -        xref->fetch(objnum, objgen, &srcStream);
> +        srcStream = xref->fetch(objnum, objgen);
>          if (!srcStream.isStream()) {
>              fprintf(stderr, "Not a Stream object\n");
>              exit(1);
> @@ -159,29 +159,27 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>                  int localOffset = 0;
>                  Guint firstOffset;
>  
> -                assert(xref->fetch(e->offset, 0, &objStr)->isStream());
> -                nObjects = objStr.streamGetDict()->lookup("N", &obj1)->getInt();
> -                obj1.free();
> -                first = objStr.streamGetDict()->lookup("First", &obj1)->getInt();
> -                obj1.free();
> +                assert(xref->fetch(e->offset, 0).isStream());
> +                nObjects = objStr.streamGetDict()->lookup("N").getInt();
> +                first = objStr.streamGetDict()->lookup("First").getInt();
>                  firstOffset = objStr.getStream()->getBaseStream()->getStart() + first;
>  
>                  // parse the header: object numbers and offsets
>                  objStr.streamReset();
> -                obj1.initNull();
> -                str = new EmbedStream(objStr.getStream(), &obj1, gTrue, first);
> +                obj1.setToNull();
> +                str = new EmbedStream(objStr.getStream(), Object(objNull), gTrue, first);
>                  parser = new Parser(xref, new Lexer(xref, str), gFalse);
>                  for (n = 0; n < nObjects; ++n) {
> -                    parser->getObj(&obj1);
> -                    parser->getObj(&obj2);
> +                    obj1 = parser->getObj();
> +                    obj2 = parser->getObj();
>                      if (n == e->gen)
>                          localOffset = obj2.getInt();
> -                    obj1.free();
> -                    obj2.free();
> +                    obj1.setToNull();
> +                    obj2.setToNull();
>                  }
>                  while (str->getChar() != EOF) ;
>                  delete parser;
> -                objStr.free();
> +                objStr.setToNull();
>  
>                  fprintf(outfile, "%.10lu 00000 n\n",
>                          (long unsigned)(firstOffset + localOffset));
> @@ -192,7 +190,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>          s->reset();
>          while ((c = s->getChar()) != EOF)
>              fputc(c, outfile);
> -        srcStream.free();
> +        srcStream.setToNull();
>      }
>      if (objnum == 0)
>          fprintf(stderr, "Source file extracted to %s\n", outname);
> @@ -201,7 +199,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>      else
>          fprintf(stderr, "Cross-reference table extracted to %s\n", outname);
>      fclose(outfile);
> -    catalogDict.free();
> +    catalogDict.setToNull();
>      delete doc;
>      delete globalParams;
>  }



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