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poppler package

pdftops does not take -cfg option

Bug #193636 reported by Dyno
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Poppler
Fix Released
Medium
poppler (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
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Bug Description

man pdfops
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
...
 -cfg config-file
              Read config-file in place of ~/.xpdfrc or the system-wide config file.
...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

but
 pdftops -cfg /etc/cups/pdftops.conf ch09.pdf xx.ps
will bring me to the usage.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
pdftops version 3.00
Copyright 1996-2004 Glyph & Cog, LLC
Usage: pdftops [options] <PDF-file> [<PS-file>]
  -f <int> : first page to print
...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
and there is no -cfg option.

and this will cause cups print failed to work.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E [20/Feb/2008:18:44:36 +0800] [Job 161] pdftops-options: -cfg /etc/cups/pdftops.conf
E [20/Feb/2008:18:44:36 +0800] [Job 161] /usr/bin/pdftops exited with exit code 1
E [20/Feb/2008:18:44:36 +0800] [Job 161] Empty print file!
E [20/Feb/2008:18:44:36 +0800] PID 15737 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops) stopped with status 1!
E [20/Feb/2008:18:44:36 +0800] PID 15735 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftops) stopped with status 1!
E [20/Feb/2008:18:44:36 +0800] [Job 161] Job stopped due to filter errors.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

which in effect is caused by 'cupsys: /usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftops' which assume pdftops accept -cfg option.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
...
$cmdopt = "-cfg " . $ENV{CUPS_SERVERROOT} . "/pdftops.conf"; # This cannot be changed
...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

as a workaround, comment out the line in /usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftops

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Dyno (dyno-fu) wrote :

the subject should be 'pdftops'

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Dyno (dyno-fu) wrote :

or install xpdf-utils which also provide pdftops for workaround.

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Pēteris Krišjānis (pecisk-gmail) wrote :

This breaks printing on Hardy wih 20.02.2008 updates.

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Luca Carrogu (motoplux) wrote :

I can confirm

Changed in poppler:
status: New → Confirmed
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In , Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the bug has been opened on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bug/193636

"man pdfops
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
...
 -cfg config-file
              Read config-file in place of ~/.xpdfrc or the system-wide config file.
...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

but
 pdftops -cfg /etc/cups/pdftops.conf ch09.pdf xx.ps
will bring me to the usage.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
pdftops version 3.00
Copyright 1996-2004 Glyph & Cog, LLC
Usage: pdftops [options] <PDF-file> [<PS-file>]
  -f <int> : first page to print
...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
and there is no -cfg option.

and this will cause cups print failed to work.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E [20/Feb/2008:18:44:36 +0800] [Job 161] pdftops-options: -cfg /etc/cups/pdftops.conf
E [20/Feb/2008:18:44:36 +0800] [Job 161] /usr/bin/pdftops exited with exit code 1
E [20/Feb/2008:18:44:36 +0800] [Job 161] Empty print file!
E [20/Feb/2008:18:44:36 +0800] PID 15737 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops) stopped with status 1!
E [20/Feb/2008:18:44:36 +0800] PID 15735 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftops) stopped with status 1!
E [20/Feb/2008:18:44:36 +0800] [Job 161] Job stopped due to filter errors.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

which in effect is caused by 'cupsys: /usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftops' which assume pdftops accept -cfg option."

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In , Albert Astals Cid (aacid) wrote :

The man page will be fixed in upcoming release. We don't support the -cfg option, actually we don't use xpdfrc at all

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16941

It seems that cups has changed since the bug has been opened, still the manpage and pdftops should be coherent about the options usage

Changed in poppler:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in poppler:
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the manpage has been fixed upstream now

Changed in poppler:
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in poppler:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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In , Albert Astals Cid (aacid) wrote :

*** Bug 17222 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the new version has been uploaded to jaunty now

Changed in poppler:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in poppler:
importance: Unknown → Medium
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in poppler:
importance: Medium → Unknown
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Changed in poppler:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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