Bug 1733794

Summary: pdfbook2 TypeError: startswith first arg must be bytes or a tuple of bytes, not str
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Mildred <mildred-bug.redhat>
Component: texlive-baseAssignee: Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Fixed In Version: texlive-base-20190410-7.fc31 texlive-base-20180414-36.fc30 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Description Mildred 2019-07-28 17:10:45 UTC
Description of problem:

pdfbook2 fails with the following error:

Processing Kyriale_totum_A4.pdf
Getting bounds... Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pdfbook2", line 237, in <module>
    booklify( arg, opts )
  File "/usr/bin/pdfbook2", line 57, in booklify
    bboxes = [s[len( bboxName ) + 1:] for s in lines if s.startswith( bboxName )]
  File "/usr/bin/pdfbook2", line 57, in <listcomp>
    bboxes = [s[len( bboxName ) + 1:] for s in lines if s.startswith( bboxName )]
TypeError: startswith first arg must be bytes or a tuple of bytes, not str



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): texlive-pdfbook2-20180414-35.fc30.noarch


How reproducible: always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download http://www.musique-liturgique.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Kyriale_totum_A4.pdf or try other PDF documents
2. Run pdfbook2 Kyriale_totum_A4.pdf
3. Watch the error

Actual results: the error


Expected results: no error


Additional info: looks like a python3 compatibility issue. A similar problem seems to be found in https://github.com/jsvine/pdfplumber/issues/33

The following fix seems to fix the issue:

diff -u /usr/bin/pdfbook2.old /usr/bin/pdfbook2   
--- /usr/bin/pdfbook2.old	2019-07-28 19:09:55.154982370 +0200
+++ /usr/bin/pdfbook2	2019-07-28 19:02:14.402250589 +0200
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     sys.stdout.flush()
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------- useful constants
-    bboxName = "%%HiResBoundingBox:"
+    bboxName = b"%%HiResBoundingBox:"
     tmpFile = ".crop-tmp.pdf"
 
     #------------------------------------------------- find min/max bounding box

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2020-01-11 01:25:14 UTC
texlive-base-20190410-7.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-acf8c538b5

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2020-01-11 01:48:53 UTC
texlive-base-20180414-36.fc30 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-e86cf4559b

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2020-01-13 02:20:03 UTC
texlive-base-20190410-7.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2020-01-19 01:00:51 UTC
texlive-base-20180414-36.fc30 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.