Created attachment 870021 [details, diff] patch-src_a2ps-lpr-wrapper This is what happen when executing a2ps with -P name_of_printer option: $ a2ps -P my_printer file_to_print [file_to_print (plain): 1 page on 1 sheet] Usage: a2ps-lpr-wrapper [-d printer] FILE... [Total: 1 page on 1 sheet] sent to the printer `my_printer' [3 lines wrapped] There is an error on a2ps-lpr-wrapper and the file was not printed If lp is installed, a2ps-lpr-wrapper will use it otherwise it falls back to lpr. However, the #{lp} variable defines the printer specifier as -P. lpr does not take -P, it takes -d. The specifier needs to differ depending on which backend is being used; -d for lp or -P for lpr. This bug was already reported on https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?64047 with a patch to solve the problem I made a local portage ebuild with the patch provided and the problem is solved. Maybe, it should be applied on the official a2ps gentoo ebuild I provided the patch as an attachment to this report.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=9b9c9302cfda762c144f9b5611ae0384efff079a commit 9b9c9302cfda762c144f9b5611ae0384efff079a Author: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-09-07 20:49:56 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-09-07 20:50:19 +0000 app-text/a2ps: fix a2ps-lpr-wrapper Quoting the bug: """ There is an error on a2ps-lpr-wrapper and the file was not printed If lp is installed, a2ps-lpr-wrapper will use it otherwise it falls back to lpr. However, the #{lp} variable defines the printer specifier as -P. lpr does not take -P, it takes -d. The specifier needs to differ depending on which backend is being used; -d for lp or -P for lpr. """ See also the savannah bug (https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?64047). Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/913751 Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> app-text/a2ps/a2ps-4.15.5-r1.ebuild | 90 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ app-text/a2ps/files/a2ps-4.15-lpr-wrapper.patch | 23 +++++++ 2 files changed, 113 insertions(+)
