[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#460624: Bug#460624: cupsys: fails to print pdf (/usr/bin/pdftops exited with exit code 1)

[Martin-Éric Racine]

severity 460624 important
thanks

On 1/14/08, Leonardo Cosmai <leonardo.cosmai at ngi.it> wrote:
> Package: cupsys
> Version: 1.3.5-1
> Severity: critical
> Justification: causes serious data loss
>
>
> Here is the log from cups:
>
> D [11/Jan/2008:12:04:29 +0100] [Job 757] pdftops version 3.00
> D [11/Jan/2008:12:04:29 +0100] [Job 757] Copyright 1996-2004 Glyph & Cog, LLC
> D [11/Jan/2008:12:04:29 +0100] [Job 757] Usage: pdftops [options] <PDF-file> [<PS-file>]
> D [11/Jan/2008:12:04:29 +0100] [Job 757] -f <int>            : first page to print

[...]

> If I delete from pdftops the -cfg parameter, the pdf is printed!!!

Thanks for reporting this issue.

However, I'm sorry, but a situation where pdftops is broken does not
qualify as a critical bug, since it does not introduce any security
issues.

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Martin-Éric Racine
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