a2ps <file> > file.ps produces no readable output just a empty postscript holder. if you try a2ps <file> -Plaser1 nothing appears but the job shows as having completed successfully. I'm using A4 my emerge -info is Hawaiian ja # emerge --info a2ps Portage 2.1.2.7 (default-linux/x86/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r0, 2.6.18-suspend2-r1 i686) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.18-suspend2-r1 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.00GHz Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 Timestamp of tree: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:30:02 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [disabled] dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.31-r5 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r3, 2.4.3-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.15-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium-m -pipe -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/php/apache1-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium-m -pipe -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LINGUAS="en_GB" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X Xaw3d a52 alsa apache2 arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts blas bluetooth browserplugin cairo cdr cgi cjk cli cracklib crypt cups dbus divx4linux doc dri dv dvd dvdlibdts dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd fam fame firefox fortran gd gdbm gif gimpprint glitz gnome gpm gstreamer gtk hal howl iconv imagemagick ipv6 isdnlog java jpeg ldap libg++ live mad math matroska midi mikmod mmx mmxext mod_php mp3 mpeg mudflap mysql ncurses nls no-seamonkey nptl nptlonly nsplugin ogg oggvorbis opengl openmp openssh oss pam pcre pdf perl png poppler ppds pppd python qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime radeon readline real reflection sdl session spell spl sse ssl subtitles svg tcltk tcpd tetex tex theora truetype truetype-fonts type1 type1-fonts unicode usb utf-8 v4l v4l2encode vorbis win32codecs x86 xanim xml xmlreader xorg xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en_GB" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx vesa fbdev" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY Reproducible: Always
works perfectly fine here, what a2ps version are you using?