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hplip package

  1. Bug #153152
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 153152

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Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter) wrote : Re: Fax utility not adding files to job.

Stable Release Update (SRU) Request -- for GUTSY

Impact of the bug

For all HP multi-function devices the functionality of sending documents from the PC as fax is supported by the HPLIP package. No other manufacturer offers this with free software.

Unfortunately, the version 2.7.7 of HPLIP which we ship with Gutsy has a bug in the fax part of the printer driver and therefore is not able to convert the input files into the format needed by the fax components of HP's multi-function devices. This makes the fax function of all multi-function devices from HP not working, and so a basic functionality gets lost in Ubuntu Gutsy

Fix of the bug

HP has fixed this problem in HPLIP 2.7.10 and comparing the source code showed that only a small fix in one source file is needed. The fixed packages which I am proposing here has a patch added to apply exactly this fix.

The debdiff

https://www.linux-foundation.org/~till/tmp/ubuntu/gutsy/hplip/hplip_2.7.7.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5_2.7.7.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.1.debdiff

shows the changes which only affect this one file of the fax part of the printer driver hpijs. What has changed is only the handling of temporary files. I have tested it with both HPLIP 2.7.7 and 2.7.10 and it works as expected. There are also no CUPS/AppArmor problems with the new handling of temporary files (I did "sudo aa-enforce cupsd" before testing).

Patch on the current stable release:

https://www.linux-foundation.org/~till/tmp/ubuntu/gutsy/hplip/hplip_2.7.7.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5_2.7.7.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.1.debdiff

Source packages are here:

https://www.linux-foundation.org/~till/tmp/ubuntu/gutsy/hplip/

Everyone who is suffering this problem please test and report here. Thanks.