pkg/47936: thumbpdf does not work

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>Number:         47936
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       thumbpdf does not work
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jun 16 17:10:00 +0000 2013
>Originator:     Stefan
>Release:        Slackware 13.0 / pkgsrc 2013Q1
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
thumbpdf does not work.

>How-To-Repeat:
How it looks on Debian (how it should look like):

$ a2ps /etc/motd -o - | ps2pdf - out.pdf
[/etc/motd (plain): 1 page on 1 sheet]
[Total: 1 page on 1 sheet] sent to the standard output

$ thumbpdf out.pdf 
THUMBPDF 3.15, 2012/04/18 - Copyright (c) 1999-2012 by Heiko Oberdiek.
*** make png files / run Ghostscript ***
Processing pages 1 through 1.
[1]
*** make `thumbpdf.pdf' / run pdfTeX ***
*** parse `thumbpdf.pdf' ***
*** write `out.tpt' (pdfTeX thumbnail data) ***
*** clear temp files ***
*** ready. ***


How it looks on pkgsrc

$ a2ps /etc/motd -o - | ps2pdf - out.pdf
[/etc/motd (plain): 1 page on 1 sheet]
[Total: 1 page on 1 sheet] sent to the standard output

$ thumbpdf out.pdf 
THUMBPDF 3.7, 2004/11/19 - Copyright (c) 1999-2004 by Heiko Oberdiek.
*** make png files / run Ghostscript ***
Processing pages 1 through 1.
[1]
*** make `thumbpdf.pdf' / run pdfTeX ***
*** parse `thumbpdf.pdf' ***
*** clear temp files ***
!!! Error: `obj' expected on line 2!
>Fix:
pkgsrc's version lags somewhat behind. How about an upgrade?