+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #660518 +++ Description of problem: If the textonly filter is used as a pipe (i.e. no filename is specified on the command line, and the number of copies is "1", then it fails. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): cups-1.3.7-11.el5_4.3 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: $ export PPD=/usr/share/cups/model/textonly.ppd $ cat /etc/fstab | /usr/lib/cups/filter/textonly 1 me hi 1 "" (the "export PPD..." command isn't strictly necessary, but it eliminates an unrelated error message from grep) Actual results: /usr/lib/cups/filter/textonly: line 109: : No such file or directory Expected results: The contents of /etc/fstab. Additional info: This is a real-world problem. To enable printing of C-language source files on a text-only printer, I needed to add the line: application/x-csource text/plain 10 textonly to /etc/cups/local.convs, but then the textonly filter failed as described above. Line 31 in /usr/lib/cups/filter/textonly: if [ "$COPIES" -gt 1 ] && [ $# -lt 6 ]; then doesn't make sense to me. The purpose of that code block (lines 31-38) is to copy the input file to a temporary file so that the next code block (lines 40-50) can perform some LF->CRLF translation on the file. BUT ... the temporary file doesn't get created if the number of copies is 1. As a result, the sed command fails and no data is sent to the printer. It would seem to me that line 31 should read: if [ $# -lt 6 ]; then which would create the temp file regardless of the number of copies. Making the change above resolved the issue in my testing. This is also a problem in Fedora and RHEL 6. (In reply to comment #0) > Actual results: > /usr/lib/cups/filter/textonly: line 109: : No such file or directory > ... > This is also a problem in Fedora and RHEL 6. I can confirm that I see this warning with cups-1.5.0 (F-16) and cups-1.4.2 (RHEL-6) but in RHEL-5 I see: sed: can't read : No such file or directory Maybe you posted the warning from RHEL-6 ? However your suggested solution fixes the problem. Have you ever reported this upstream ? Are you going to do that ? Do you want me to do that ? --- Additional comment from bmason on 2011-09-14 13:58:06 EDT --- Hmmm . . . yes, it appears I might have copied the wrong error message. In RHEL 5, I get: sed: can't read : No such file or directory and in RHEL 6 & Fedora 14 I get: /usr/lib/cups/filter/textonly: line 109: : No such file or directory I haven't yet reported this upstream (or cloned this for RHEL 6 and Fedora), but will do so now. --- Additional comment from bmason on 2011-09-14 14:01:10 EDT --- Actually, it looks like the textonly filter doesn't exist upstream. It was added by Red Hat.
cups-1.5.2-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/cups-1.5.2-1.fc16
Package cups-1.5.2-1.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 cups-1.5.2-1.fc16' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-1381/cups-1.5.2-1.fc16 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
cups-1.5.2-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.