[Tex/LaTex] Miktex pdflatex no longer compiles pstricks commands

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I have been using MikTex 2.9's pdflatex for several years with sample code similar to:

 \documentclass{standalone}
 \usepackage[pdf]{pstricks}
 \usepackage{pst-all}
 \begin{document}
 \psset{xunit=1cm}
 \begin{pspicture}(0,0)(4, 4)
 \psaxes{-}(0,0)(0,0)(4,4)[$x$,0][$y$,0]       
 \end{pspicture}
 \end{document}

That would generate a stand-alone PDF file that I would then bring into a main document with \includegraphics.

After a recent update (and then clean re-install) of MikTex 2.9 though, this code no longer compiles. The compiling output is essentially identical to the original compiling that works, until these errors are triggered:

<C:/Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmmi10.pfb>
<C:/Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr10.pfb>
[1] 
Error: /typecheck in --div--
Operand stack:
   1   0   0.0   TeXcolorgray   65781.8
Execution stack:
   %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1926   1   3   %oparray_pop   1925   1   3   %oparray_pop   1909   1   3   %oparray_pop   1803   1   3   %oparray_pop   --nostringval--   %errorexec_pop   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   5   --nostringval--   %repeat_continue   --nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
   --dict:1169/1684(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:167/200(L)--   --dict:180/300(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Current file position is 174298
MiKTeX GPL Ghostscript 9.05: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
PDFCROP 1.38, 2012/11/02 - Copyright (c) 2002-2012 by Heiko Oberdiek.

!!! Warning: Empty Bounding Box is returned by Ghostscript!
!!!   Page 1: 0 0 0 0
!!! Either there is a problem with the page or with Ghostscript.
!!! Recovery is tried by embedding the page in its original size.

==> 1 page written on `sample-pics.pdf'.
"-------------------------------------------------"
"auto-pst-pdf: End auxiliary LaTeX compilation"
"-------------------------------------------------"

and then later,

 (C:\Users\aableson\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9\tex\context\base\supp-pdf.mkii
 [Loading MPS to PDF converter (version 2006.09.02).]
 )
 ! Undefined control sequence.
 <recently read> \c@lor@to@ps 

 l.7 \psaxes{-}(0,0)(0,0)(4,4)[$x$,0][$y$,0]

 ? OK, entering \batchmode

Summary: For over a year, MikTeX's pdflatex compiled the above file with no problems, and generated a usable PDF.
Now, with a new install of MikTeX, pdflatex no longer compiles. [File still compiles on a computer with an older installation]

Command used for both:
pdflatex –enable-write18 sample.tex

Any suggestions for what has changed and how to fix this would be welcome. I would be open, under duress, to developing a new workflow with xetex or one of the other tools, but I would strongly prefer something that goes from emacs editing to a PDF in one step. Thanks,

Alan

Best Answer

I've had the same problem for a few months. Something must have changed in pstricks. My solution was to remove the pdf option, and replace it with what the option does: loading auto-pst-pdf after pstricks.

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