Re: print/a2ps from pkgsrc-2023Q1 broken.

[Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 03:21:06PM -0500, John D. Baker wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Apr 2023, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> 
> > I've filed an upstream bug report and the next version will use
> > getopts.
> > 
> > https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?64035
> 
> I see you've updated pkgsrc-HEAD with this new version.  I've updated
> and built it.
> 
> Unfortunately, it doesn't work as it seems 'a2ps' and 'a2ps-lpr-wrapper'
> are talking at cross purposes to each other.
> 
> A simple request:
> 
>   $ a2ps -1 -s2 /etc/printcap
> 
> results in:
> 
>   [/etc/printcap (plain): 2 pages on 1 sheet]
>   Usage: a2ps-lpr-wrapper [-d printer] FILE...
>   a2ps: received SIGPIPE
> 
> Adding a 'set -x' to '/usr/pkg/bin/a2ps-lpr-wrapper' shows:
> 
> + printer=''
> + getopts 'd:' flag
> + shift 0
> + '[' 0 -eq 0 ']'
> + usage
> + basename /usr/pkg/bin/a2ps-lpr-wrapper
> + echo 'Usage: a2ps-lpr-wrapper [-d printer] FILE...' >&2
> + exit 1
> 
> So, it appears 'a2ps-lpr-wrapper' is expecting at least one filename,
> which 'a2ps' fails to provide.  Specifying a printer name does the
> expected thing, but the 'getopts' loop consumes all positional parameters
> and we're once-again left with '[' 0 -eq 0 ']' causing an error exit.
> 
> + printer=''
> + getopts 'd:' flag
> + printer=hp4100mfp
> + getopts 'd:' flag
> + shift 2
> + '[' 0 -eq 0 ']'
> + usage
> + basename /usr/pkg/bin/a2ps-lpr-wrapper
> + echo 'Usage: a2ps-lpr-wrapper [-d printer] FILE...' >&2
> + exit 1

Thanks for testing, and sorry it's broken again, but can you please
report this upstream?

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=a2ps

Upstream is helpful.
 Thomas