Bugzilla – Bug 1224770
a2ps completely b0rken due to a2ps-lpr-wrapper requiring a file name
Last modified: 2024-05-22 06:15:09 UTC
a2ps depends on `lpr -P foo` to print from stdin when no file name is given. The wrapper prevents this from happening, it requires a file name. It cannot work. $ rpm -q a2ps a2ps-4.15.5-2.2.x86_64 $ strace -feexecve a2ps -P test /dev/null execve("/usr/bin/a2ps", ["a2ps", "-P", "test", "/dev/null"], 0x7ffdc7a2adc0 /* 108 vars */) = 0 strace: Process 8185 attached [pid 8185] execve("/bin/sh", ["sh", "-c", "--", "/usr/bin/file -L '/dev/null'"], 0x7ffd14eca980 /* 108 vars */) = 0 [pid 8185] execve("/usr/bin/file", ["/usr/bin/file", "-L", "/dev/null"], 0x558f5f7cb300 /* 107 vars */) = 0 [pid 8185] +++ exited with 0 +++ --- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=8185, si_uid=1000, si_status=0, si_utime=0, si_stime=0} --- [/dev/null (plain): 0 pages on 0 sheets] strace: Process 8186 attached [pid 8186] execve("/bin/sh", ["sh", "-c", "--", "a2ps-lpr-wrapper -d test"], 0x7ffd14eca980 /* 108 vars */) = 0 [pid 8186] execve("/usr/bin/a2ps-lpr-wrapper", ["a2ps-lpr-wrapper", "-d", "test"], 0x5602eecde300 /* 107 vars */) = 0 strace: Process 8187 attached [pid 8187] execve("/usr/bin/basename", ["basename", "/usr/bin/a2ps-lpr-wrapper"], 0x55eb9db21600 /* 107 vars */) = 0 [pid 8187] +++ exited with 0 +++ [pid 8186] --- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=8187, si_uid=1000, si_status=0, si_utime=0, si_stime=0} --- Usage: a2ps-lpr-wrapper [-d printer] FILE... [pid 8186] +++ exited with 1 +++ --- SIGPIPE {si_signo=SIGPIPE, si_code=SI_USER, si_pid=8184, si_uid=1000} --- --- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=8186, si_uid=1000, si_status=1, si_utime=0, si_stime=0} --- a2ps: received SIGPIPE +++ exited with 1 +++
Because https://build.opensuse.org/projects/openSUSE:Factory/packages/a2ps/files/a2ps.spec?expand=1 shows ------------------------------------------------------------ %files ... %{_bindir}/a2ps-lpr-wrapper ------------------------------------------------------------ also a2ps-lpr-wrapper belongs to the package 'a2ps' so I re-assing this issue to the 'a2ps' maintainer, see https://build.opensuse.org/package/users/Publishing/a2ps 'a2ps' belongs to the openSUSE Build Service development project "Publishing", see "Developed at Publishing" in https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/a2ps so I also change the Bugzilla component from "Printing" to "Other".
Ah .. yep update without testing functionality Mon Sep 18 03:41:10 UTC 2023 - jun wang <junguo.wang@suse.com> - Updated to 4.15.5 * Noteworthy changes in release 4.15.5 (2023-06-22) [stable] * Bug fixes: - Fix psnup delegation. It was incorrectly changed in 4.14.90. - Fix to read configured paper size correctly with libpaper 1.x. - Fix fixps to use GhostScript’s ps2write device instead of defunct pswrite. - Fix old crash when using --stdin="". - Use “grep -F” rather than obsolete fgrep. - Fix broken a2ps-lpr-wrapper script, and translate to sh for portability. * Build: - Fix a problem building PDF version of manual. - Make configure stop if libpaper is not found. - Enable building the manual for gnu.org. * Build system: - Fix tests when building with libpaper 1.x. - Require gperf for bootstrapping, and use it correctly in build system. - Require a new-enough version of texinfo. * Documentation: - Various minor documentation improvements. - Minor tweaks.
I'll try 4.15.6 and if this is also not working then this takes a while
a2ps-4.15.6 works > a2ps -P FC_1 /etc/hosts [/etc/hosts (plain): 1 page on 1 sheet] request id is FC_1-1 (0 file(s)) [Total: 1 page on 1 sheet] sent to the printer `FC_1'
SR#1175467
This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration: This bug (1224770) was mentioned in https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1175467 Factory / a2ps
You should have a page where I can paste the package name and get the component. Thanks for the effort and the quick fix.
(In reply to Bodo Eggert from comment #7) > You should have a page where I can paste the package name and get the > component. > > Thanks for the effort and the quick fix. https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Publishing/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/