[Pkg-hpijs-devel] Bug#457771: hp-setup fails to find PPD file (locales)

[Wombachi]

Package: hplip
Version: 2.7.10-5
Followup-For: Bug #457771


Same problems here, indeed related to locale management, with error
messages like this:

	'error: Invalid locale: fr_BE.utf8'

If you're looking for a simple workaround to make hp-setup work (and
other hplip binaries too), just run the commands in any console, but 
specifying the standard C locale, like this:

	yourbox:~# LANG=C.iso8859.1 hp-setup

then other tools will work in the same way, eg

	yourbox:~$ LANG=C.iso8859.1 hp-toolbox

Using an UTF-8 locale causes big troubles (PPD not found or cups install
failure), as indicated in bug #458291. Even using locales other than 'C'
means problems (ex hp-toolbox cant find any device).

This is a simple workaround, but there are 2 problems with it : first,
it's always better if everything works out of the box and second, it
forces the users to use the English language.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-2-k7 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_BE, LC_CTYPE=fr_BE (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages hplip depends on:
ii  adduser             3.105                add and remove users and groups
ii  coreutils           5.97-5.3             The GNU core utilities
ii  cupsys              1.3.5-1              Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  hplip-data          2.7.10-5             HP Linux Printing and Imaging - da
ii  libc6               2.7-5                GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcupsys2          1.3.5-1              Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libjpeg62           6b-14                The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libsane             1.0.19~cvs20071213-1 API library for scanners
ii  libsnmp15           5.4.1~dfsg-5         SNMP (Simple Network Management Pr
ii  libssl0.9.8         0.9.8g-3             SSL shared libraries
ii  libusb-0.1-4        2:0.1.12-8           userspace USB programming library
ii  lsb-base            3.1-24               Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
ii  python              2.4.4-6              An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-support      0.7.5                automated rebuilding support for p

Versions of packages hplip recommends:
ii  cupsys-client            1.3.5-1         Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  hpijs                    2.7.10+2.7.10-5 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - gs
ii  hpijs-ppds               2.7.10+2.7.10-5 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - HP
ii  hplip-gui                2.7.10-5        HP Linux Printing and Imaging - GU
pn  openprinting-ppds        <none>          (no description available)
pn  python-reportlab         <none>          (no description available)

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