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* Creation of PDF Oddly Differs on Ubuntu and Mac OS X
@ 2011-03-16 12:49 Raymond LeClair
  2011-03-16 21:10 ` Raymond LeClair
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From: Raymond LeClair @ 2011-03-16 12:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
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All,

I am using ConTeXt to create a PDF for upload to Lulu.com.

I am getting the following exception using the LuLu Python publication API on Mac OS X 10.6.6 with Python 2.6.6 or 2.7.1:
ServiceError: Couldn't create Lulu project. '{"error_type": "LFilesystemException", "error_value": "shell command failed: rm -rf \'/opt/stable/stable/htdocs/items/volume_69/10290000/10290657\' 2>&1\\nrm: cannot remove directory `/opt/stable/stable/htdocs/items/volume_69/10290000/10290657/1/cover\': Directory not empty", "HTTPErrorCode": 500}'

Oddly, the exact same code works fine on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with Python 2.6.5.

I have track down the issue to the difference between the _cover_ PDF created on Ubuntu with ConTeXt  ver: 2009.11.26 16:28 MKIV and on Mac OS X with ConTeXt  ver: 2010.05.24 13:05 MKIV, although the cover PDF generated on either platform appears correctly in Preview.

I have posted an archive that illustrates the issue at http://www.synterein.com/lulu_context_issues/lulu_context_issue_01.zip

Any wisdom out there? What should I look for next?
Ray.

978-621-5755


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* Re: Creation of PDF Oddly Differs on Ubuntu and Mac OS X
  2011-03-16 12:49 Creation of PDF Oddly Differs on Ubuntu and Mac OS X Raymond LeClair
@ 2011-03-16 21:10 ` Raymond LeClair
  2011-03-17  7:52   ` Taco Hoekwater
  2011-03-18 19:51   ` PDF Version Selection Raymond LeClair
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From: Raymond LeClair @ 2011-03-16 21:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
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All,

I could have phrased my question better ... here is another attempt:

I use ConTeXt to generate a PDF for upload using the command "context filename" on either Mac OS X or Ubuntu. I have installed ConTeXt by installing a TeX Live distribution on each platform. The command completes without error on either platform. The PDFs open in Preview (a Mac OS X application for viewing PDFs) and appear to be correct, regardless of on which platform the PDFs were created. However, the upload of the PDF created on Mac OS X fails, while the upload of the PDF created on Ubuntu works.

So, there is something different about these two PDFs which I cannot determine by opening them in an application for viewing PDFs. But I do not know what is different, or how to find out.

I have posted an archive that illustrates the issue at http://www.synterein.com/lulu_context_issues/lulu_context_issue_01.zip

Any and all ideas would be appreciated.

Ray.

On Mar 16, 2011, at 8:49 AM, Raymond LeClair wrote:

> All,
> 
> I am using ConTeXt to create a PDF for upload to Lulu.com.
> 
> I am getting the following exception using the LuLu Python publication API on Mac OS X 10.6.6 with Python 2.6.6 or 2.7.1:
> ServiceError: Couldn't create Lulu project. '{"error_type": "LFilesystemException", "error_value": "shell command failed: rm -rf \'/opt/stable/stable/htdocs/items/volume_69/10290000/10290657\' 2>&1\\nrm: cannot remove directory `/opt/stable/stable/htdocs/items/volume_69/10290000/10290657/1/cover\': Directory not empty", "HTTPErrorCode": 500}'
> 
> Oddly, the exact same code works fine on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with Python 2.6.5.
> 
> I have track down the issue to the difference between the _cover_ PDF created on Ubuntu with ConTeXt  ver: 2009.11.26 16:28 MKIV and on Mac OS X with ConTeXt  ver: 2010.05.24 13:05 MKIV, although the cover PDF generated on either platform appears correctly in Preview.
> 
> I have posted an archive that illustrates the issue at http://www.synterein.com/lulu_context_issues/lulu_context_issue_01.zip
> 
> Any wisdom out there? What should I look for next?
> Ray.
> 
> 978-621-5755
> 
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* Re: Creation of PDF Oddly Differs on Ubuntu and Mac OS X
  2011-03-16 21:10 ` Raymond LeClair
@ 2011-03-17  7:52   ` Taco Hoekwater
  2011-03-17  8:01     ` Mojca Miklavec
  2011-03-18 19:51   ` PDF Version Selection Raymond LeClair
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From: Taco Hoekwater @ 2011-03-17  7:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On 03/16/2011 10:10 PM, Raymond LeClair wrote:
>>
>> I am getting the following exception using the LuLu Python publication
>> API on Mac OS X 10.6.6 with Python 2.6.6 or 2.7.1:
>>
>> ServiceError: Couldn't create Lulu project. '{"error_type":
>> "LFilesystemException", "error_value": "shell command failed: rm -rf
>> \'/opt/stable/stable/htdocs/items/volume_69/10290000/10290657\'
>> 2>&1\\nrm: cannot remove directory
>> `/opt/stable/stable/htdocs/items/volume_69/10290000/10290657/1/cover\': Directory
>> not empty", "HTTPErrorCode": 500}'

As it says: "Directory not empty", perhaps you could look in the finder
or terminal to see what is still in there. I actually expect that
there is a Finder-specific file or folder there, which would mean that
the actual problem has nothing to do with the pdf itself, but just with
a difference between MacOSX and Ubuntu.

Best wishes,
Taco
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* Re: Creation of PDF Oddly Differs on Ubuntu and Mac OS X
  2011-03-17  7:52   ` Taco Hoekwater
@ 2011-03-17  8:01     ` Mojca Miklavec
  2011-03-17 13:08       ` Raymond LeClair
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From: Mojca Miklavec @ 2011-03-17  8:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 08:52, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
>
> As it says: "Directory not empty", perhaps you could look in the finder
> or terminal to see what is still in there. I actually expect that
> there is a Finder-specific file or folder there, which would mean that
> the actual problem has nothing to do with the pdf itself, but just with
> a difference between MacOSX and Ubuntu.

If that is true there is probably at least a file .DS_Store present on
Mac OS X (which Finder won't show).

Mojca
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* Re: Creation of PDF Oddly Differs on Ubuntu and Mac OS X
  2011-03-17  8:01     ` Mojca Miklavec
@ 2011-03-17 13:08       ` Raymond LeClair
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A Lulu developer was able to find out that the original error was coming out of the PDFLib library:
{"error_type":"PDFlibException","error_value":"Handle parameter or option of type 'page' has bad value 0"}

Does that mean anything to anyone?

On Mar 17, 2011, at 4:01 AM, Mojca Miklavec wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 08:52, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
>> 
>> As it says: "Directory not empty", perhaps you could look in the finder
>> or terminal to see what is still in there. I actually expect that
>> there is a Finder-specific file or folder there, which would mean that
>> the actual problem has nothing to do with the pdf itself, but just with
>> a difference between MacOSX and Ubuntu.
> 
> If that is true there is probably at least a file .DS_Store present on
> Mac OS X (which Finder won't show).
> 
> Mojca
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* Re: PDF Version Selection
  2011-03-16 21:10 ` Raymond LeClair
  2011-03-17  7:52   ` Taco Hoekwater
@ 2011-03-18 19:51   ` Raymond LeClair
  2011-03-18 21:00     ` Hans Hagen
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From: Raymond LeClair @ 2011-03-18 19:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Is it possible to select the PDF version that is produced by running "context file.tex"?

For example, running "context file.tex" produced "file.pdf" of PDF version _1.5_ on Ubuntu with ConTeXt  ver: 2009.11.26 16:28 MKIV and of PDF version _1.6_ on Mac OS X with ConTeXt  ver: 2010.05.24 13:05 MKIV.

I would like to produce PDF version _1.5_ on Mac OS X with ConTeXt  ver: 2010.05.24 13:05 MKIV.


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* Re: PDF Version Selection
  2011-03-18 19:51   ` PDF Version Selection Raymond LeClair
@ 2011-03-18 21:00     ` Hans Hagen
  2011-03-18 21:05       ` Aditya Mahajan
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On 18-3-2011 8:51, Raymond LeClair wrote:
> Is it possible to select the PDF version that is produced by running "context file.tex"?
>
> For example, running "context file.tex" produced "file.pdf" of PDF version _1.5_ on Ubuntu with ConTeXt  ver: 2009.11.26 16:28 MKIV and of PDF version _1.6_ on Mac OS X with ConTeXt  ver: 2010.05.24 13:05 MKIV.
>
> I would like to produce PDF version _1.5_ on Mac OS X with ConTeXt  ver: 2010.05.24 13:05 MKIV.

just choose the relevant pdf/x version

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/PDFX

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* Re: PDF Version Selection
  2011-03-18 21:00     ` Hans Hagen
@ 2011-03-18 21:05       ` Aditya Mahajan
  2011-03-18 21:41         ` Hans Hagen
  2011-03-19 13:23         ` Raymond LeClair
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From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2011-03-18 21:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Fri, 18 Mar 2011, Hans Hagen wrote:

> On 18-3-2011 8:51, Raymond LeClair wrote:
>> Is it possible to select the PDF version that is produced by running 
>> "context file.tex"?
>> 
>> For example, running "context file.tex" produced "file.pdf" of PDF version 
>> _1.5_ on Ubuntu with ConTeXt  ver: 2009.11.26 16:28 MKIV and of PDF version 
>> _1.6_ on Mac OS X with ConTeXt  ver: 2010.05.24 13:05 MKIV.
>> 
>> I would like to produce PDF version _1.5_ on Mac OS X with ConTeXt  ver: 
>> 2010.05.24 13:05 MKIV.
>
> just choose the relevant pdf/x version
>
> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/PDFX

I think that the OP just wants

\pdfminorversion=5

Aditya
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* Re: PDF Version Selection
  2011-03-18 21:05       ` Aditya Mahajan
@ 2011-03-18 21:41         ` Hans Hagen
  2011-03-19 13:23         ` Raymond LeClair
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2011-03-18 21:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On 18-3-2011 10:05, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Mar 2011, Hans Hagen wrote:
>
>> On 18-3-2011 8:51, Raymond LeClair wrote:
>>> Is it possible to select the PDF version that is produced by running
>>> "context file.tex"?
>>>
>>> For example, running "context file.tex" produced "file.pdf" of PDF
>>> version _1.5_ on Ubuntu with ConTeXt ver: 2009.11.26 16:28 MKIV and
>>> of PDF version _1.6_ on Mac OS X with ConTeXt ver: 2010.05.24 13:05
>>> MKIV.
>>>
>>> I would like to produce PDF version _1.5_ on Mac OS X with ConTeXt
>>> ver: 2010.05.24 13:05 MKIV.
>>
>> just choose the relevant pdf/x version
>>
>> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/PDFX
>
> I think that the OP just wants
>
> \pdfminorversion=5

that goes along with other settings so best use a standard that matches 1.5

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* Re: PDF Version Selection
  2011-03-18 21:05       ` Aditya Mahajan
  2011-03-18 21:41         ` Hans Hagen
@ 2011-03-19 13:23         ` Raymond LeClair
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Fantastic! This fixes my problem uploading documents to Lulu. Thank you. This has been one tough bug to track down.

On Mar 18, 2011, at 5:05 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Mar 2011, Hans Hagen wrote:
> 
>> On 18-3-2011 8:51, Raymond LeClair wrote:
>>> Is it possible to select the PDF version that is produced by running "context file.tex"?
>>> For example, running "context file.tex" produced "file.pdf" of PDF version _1.5_ on Ubuntu with ConTeXt  ver: 2009.11.26 16:28 MKIV and of PDF version _1.6_ on Mac OS X with ConTeXt  ver: 2010.05.24 13:05 MKIV.
>>> I would like to produce PDF version _1.5_ on Mac OS X with ConTeXt  ver: 2010.05.24 13:05 MKIV.
>> 
>> just choose the relevant pdf/x version
>> 
>> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/PDFX
> 
> I think that the OP just wants
> 
> \pdfminorversion=5
> 
> Aditya
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