--- transfig.3.2.5/fig2dev/dev/genbitmaps.c.old	2005-08-18 18:29:09.000000000 +0200
+++ transfig.3.2.5/fig2dev/dev/genbitmaps.c	2007-05-25 17:52:11.476293666 +0200
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "object.h"
 #include "texfonts.h"
 
-static	char	 *gsdev,tmpname[PATH_MAX];
+static	char	 *gsdev,tmpname[PATH_MAX],tmpeps[PATH_MAX];
 static	Boolean	 direct;
 static	FILE	*saveofile;
 static	char	*ofile;
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@
 genbitmaps_start(objects)
 F_compound	*objects;
 {
-    char extra_options[200];
     float bd;
 
     bd = border_margin * THICK_SCALE;
@@ -125,7 +124,6 @@
 
     direct = True;
     ofile = (to == NULL? "-": to);
-    extra_options[0]='\0';
 
     gsdev = NULL;
     /* if we're smoothing, we'll generate ppm and tell gs to
@@ -141,12 +139,6 @@
 	gsdev="tiff24nc";
     } else if (strcmp(lang,"jpeg")==0) {
 	gsdev="jpeg";
-	/* set quality for JPEG */
-	sprintf(extra_options," -dJPEGQ=%d",jpeg_quality);
-    }
-    if (smooth > 1) {
-      sprintf(extra_options+strlen(extra_options),
-	      " -dTextAlphaBits=%d -dGraphicsAlphaBits=%d",smooth,smooth);
     }
     /* no driver in gs or we're smoothing, use ppm output then use ppmtoxxx later */
     if (gsdev == NULL) {
@@ -158,21 +150,19 @@
 	    direct = False;
 	}
     }
-    /* make up the command for gs */
-    sprintf(gscom, "gs -q -dSAFER -sDEVICE=%s -r80 -g%dx%d -sOutputFile=%s%s -",
-		   gsdev, width, height, ofile, extra_options);
     /* divert output from ps driver to the pipe into ghostscript */
     /* but first close the output file that main() opened */
     saveofile = tfp;
     if (tfp != stdout)
 	fclose(tfp);
 
-    (void) signal(SIGPIPE, gs_broken_pipe);
-    if ((tfp = popen(gscom,"w" )) == 0) {
-	fprintf(stderr,"fig2dev: Can't open pipe to ghostscript\n");
-	fprintf(stderr,"command was: %s\n", gscom);
+    /* make name for temp output file */
+    sprintf(tmpeps, "%s/xfig%06d.tmpeps", TMPDIR, getpid());
+    if ((tfp = fopen(tmpeps, "w"))==0) {
+	fprintf(stderr,"Can't create temp file in %s\n",TMPDIR);
 	exit(1);
     }
+
     /* generate eps and not ps */
     epsflag = True;
     genps_start(objects);
@@ -185,6 +175,7 @@
 	char	 errfname[PATH_MAX];
 	char	*tmpname1;
 	int	 status;
+	char	 extra_options[200];
 
 	/* wrap up the postscript output */
 	if (genps_end() != 0)
@@ -193,7 +184,23 @@
 	/* add a showpage so ghostscript will produce output */
 	fprintf(tfp, "showpage\n");
 
-	status = pclose(tfp);
+	fclose(tfp);
+
+	/* make up the command for gs */
+	extra_options[0]='\0';
+	if (strcmp(lang,"jpeg")==0) {
+	    /* set quality for JPEG */
+	    sprintf(extra_options," -dJPEGQ=%d",jpeg_quality);
+	}
+	if (smooth > 1) {
+	    sprintf(extra_options+strlen(extra_options),
+	      " -dTextAlphaBits=%d -dGraphicsAlphaBits=%d",smooth,smooth);
+	}
+	sprintf(gscom, "gs -q -dBATCH -dSAFER -sDEVICE=%s -r80 -g%dx%d -sOutputFile=%s%s %s > /dev/null < /dev/null",
+	        gsdev, width, height, ofile, extra_options, tmpeps);
+
+	status = system(gscom);
+
 	/* we've already closed the original output file */
 	tfp = 0;
 	if (status != 0) {
@@ -203,6 +210,9 @@
 	}
 	(void) signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_DFL);
 
+	/* remove the temp eps file */
+	unlink(tmpeps);
+
 	/* all ok so far */
 	status = 0;