[l2h] When will cropping bars be fixed?

[individual]

Hi.

I am having problems with the cropping bars.

My OS is Mac OS X 10.2.4, with netpbm installed via fink in the /sw 
tree.

My netpbm package is netpbm-9.25-3, and pnmcrop --version  is

pnmcrop: Using libnetpbm from Netpbm Version: Netpbm 10.12

My l2hconfig.pm file says

$DVIPSOPT = ' -E';

I have altered 2 lines in pstoimg (circa line 270)

my $PNMCROP = '/sw/bin/pnmcrop -verbose';
# my $PNMCROP = '/sw/bin/pnmcrop'; ################# ORIGINAL
my $PNMCROPOPT = '-sides';
# my $PNMCROPOPT = ''; ########################## ORIGINAL

None of this had any effect on the black cropping bars.

In Febuary 2003 someone suggested

 >Sometimes you just have to "do it by hand" in the LaTeX source.
 >This can mean adding a small bit of extra space within the image.
 >At the right, this is easy: just put \, after the mathematics
 >but within the $.....\,$
 >                     ^^-----  like this.
 >
 >For extra vertical size, \strut may help;
 >e.g.  $ .... \strut$
 >else an invisible \vrule of specified size:
 >  \vrule height 15pt depth 0pt width 0pt

I am not willing to munge every single equation in my documents just to 
get this issue solved.

Is there a straightforward, definite fix for this issue that does not 
require hacking one's netpbm?

I will appreciate any help and suggestions.

Paul