html2ps deprecation error message

[Jim Sizelove]

Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
html2ps version 1.0 beta7

When I try to run html2ps, I see this message:

Use of assignment to $[ is deprecated at /usr/bin/html2ps line 3409.

I found that someone has reported this error to Fedora, and a simple fix was suggested:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822117

The home page for html2ps indicates that it is no longer being maintained. Can someone at launchpad verify that perl has deprecated $[, and if so, remove line 3409 from /usr/bin/html2ps? It would be ideal if this fix could get into updates to Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise).

[Jonathan (jonathan-redhat-bugs)]

$ html2ps /dev/null > /dev/null
Use of assignment to $[ is deprecated at /usr/bin/html2ps line 3408.
$

[Petr (petr-redhat-bugs)]

Thank you for the report. The usage of '$[' variable has been deprecated by Perl. The assignment to 0 what html2ps does is idempotent because the value is 0 by default. Simple removal of the line from html2ps should fix it without any side effects.

F18--16 are affected.

[Petr (petr-redhat-bugs)]

Fixed as html2ps-1.0-0.9.b7.fc18 in F18.

[Fedora (fedora-redhat-bugs)]

html2ps-1.0-0.9.b7.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/html2ps-1.0-0.9.b7.fc17

[Fedora (fedora-redhat-bugs)]

html2ps-1.0-0.8.b7.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/html2ps-1.0-0.8.b7.fc16

[Fedora (fedora-redhat-bugs)]

Package html2ps-1.0-0.8.b7.fc16:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing html2ps-1.0-0.8.b7.fc16'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-8018/html2ps-1.0-0.8.b7.fc16
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

[Fedora (fedora-redhat-bugs)]

html2ps-1.0-0.9.b7.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

[Fedora (fedora-redhat-bugs)]

html2ps-1.0-0.8.b7.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Nathan Stratton Treadway (nathanst)]

Here's a patch that comments out the line in question (applied against the Ubuntu html2ps 1.0b7-1 package).

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

The attachment "comment out the deprecated line" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

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