[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#493104: libcups2: Cannot parse some PPD files

[Josselin Mouette]

Package: libcups2
Version: 1.3.8-1
Severity: important

Some PPD files cannot be parsed by the latest version of cups. This
leads to various kinds of errors, including the impossibility to setup,
configure or print to a printer that needs this PPD.

An example can be found in openprinting-ppds: 
  /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Ricoh/Ricoh-Aficio_3235C_PXL.ppd.gz

>>> import cups
>>> cups.PPD('/usr/share/ppd/postscript/Ricoh/Ricoh-Aficio_3235C_PS.ppd.gz')
<cups.PPD object at 0x7f605feadcc0>
>>> cups.PPD('/usr/share/ppd/postscript/Ricoh/Ricoh-Aficio_3235C_PXL.ppd.gz')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
RuntimeError: ppdOpenFile failed

Downgrading libcups2 to 1.3.7-9 fixes the issue.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages libcups2 depends on:
ii  libc6                 2.7-13             GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcomerr2            1.41.0-3           common error description library
ii  libgnutls26           2.4.1-1            the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libkrb53              1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-3 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  zlib1g                1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12  compression library - runtime

libcups2 recommends no packages.

Versions of packages libcups2 suggests:
ii  cups-common                   1.3.8-1    Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 

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