This feature is used by Active Dvi to render Postscript specials.
The bug will be fixed in versions higher than 6.52.
Meanwhile, you can either use these redhat patched versions
of the
ghostscript-6.51-12.i386.rpm
or the source
ghostscript-6.51-12.i386.rpm
redhat RPMS, or apply the following
patch
to your current version.