requires user interaction on installation

[Colin Watson]

Binary package hint: cups-pdf

Setting up cups-pdf (2.4.7-3ubuntu1) ...
Password for root on localhost?

Does it mean the actual root password? (This installation doesn't have one and even if it did I wouldn't give it to a postinst script.) Or does it mean a new password for something? If so, what?

Furthermore, this interactively blocks the upgrade, which it definitely shouldn't.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

In this case, pressing Enter seems to allow it to continue.

[Forest Bond (forest-bond)]

This is a result of the following line in the postinst script:

  lpadmin -h localhost -p $queue -E -v cups-pdf:/ -m lsb/usr/cups-pdf/PostscriptColor.ppd -o printer-is-shared=no -o PageSize=$size 2>/dev/null || :

From the lpadmin manpage:

  COMPATIBILITY
    Unlike the System V printing system, CUPS allows printer names to contain any printable character except
    SPACE, TAB, "/", or "#". Also, printer and class names are not case-sensitive. Finally, the CUPS version
    of lpadmin may ask the user for an access password depending on the printing system configuration. This
    differs from the System V version which requires the root user to execute this command.

What a bummer.

If lpadmin requires interaction under certain circumstances, we either need to avoid those circumstances in maintainer scripts, or not use it in maintainer scripts.

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

I just installed cups-pdf on Intrepid and did not experience this. Is this still an issue for you in Jaunty or Intrepid?

[TimMadden (timmadden)]

I just ran into this on Jaunty. Installing cups-pdf package. Was trying every password I could ever remember trying. Argggh. Then I found this and just it enter and it was done... that cost me a half hour...

[Martin-Éric Racine (q-funk)]

Is this still an issue on Karmic?

[papukaija (papukaija)]

We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information? Thanks!

[Martin-Éric Racine (q-funk)]

Please note that there's a backport of 2.5.0-12 for Hardy in my PPA for those who need to check whether this still applies to recent packages.

[papukaija (papukaija)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!