From f99879e05a77296a55075b3a684f399a52c400c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Horst Rutter <hhrutter@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2021 00:58:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #311

---
 pkg/api/test/booklet_test.go | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 pkg/pdfcpu/read.go           |  6 ++----
 pkg/pdfcpu/write.go          | 12 ++++++------
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/api/test/booklet_test.go b/pkg/api/test/booklet_test.go
index 97ac36a03..be99da3ae 100644
--- a/pkg/api/test/booklet_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/test/booklet_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2021 The pdf Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
 package test
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/pdfcpu/read.go b/pkg/pdfcpu/read.go
index 1d85ced04..a94fead2e 100644
--- a/pkg/pdfcpu/read.go
+++ b/pkg/pdfcpu/read.go
@@ -1275,10 +1275,8 @@ func readXRefTable(ctx *Context) (err error) {
 
 	// Ensure valid freelist of objects.
 	// Note: Acrobat 6.0 and later do not use the free list to recycle object numbers.
-	err = ctx.EnsureValidFreeList()
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
+	// Not really necessary but call and fail silently so we at least get a chance to repair corrupt free lists.
+	ctx.EnsureValidFreeList()
 
 	log.Read.Println("readXRefTable: end")
 
diff --git a/pkg/pdfcpu/write.go b/pkg/pdfcpu/write.go
index c1884ed03..18bd860e6 100644
--- a/pkg/pdfcpu/write.go
+++ b/pkg/pdfcpu/write.go
@@ -523,9 +523,9 @@ func sortedWritableKeys(ctx *Context) []int {
 // After inserting the last object write the cross reference table to disk.
 func writeXRefTable(ctx *Context) error {
 
-	if err := ctx.EnsureValidFreeList(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	//if err := ctx.EnsureValidFreeList(); err != nil {
+	//	return err
+	//}
 
 	keys := sortedWritableKeys(ctx)
 
@@ -719,9 +719,9 @@ func writeXRefStream(ctx *Context) error {
 	}
 
 	// After the last insert of an object.
-	if err = xRefTable.EnsureValidFreeList(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	//if err = xRefTable.EnsureValidFreeList(); err != nil {
+	//	return err
+	//}
 
 	xRefStreamDict.Insert("Size", Integer(*xRefTable.Size))