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Package: a2ps
Version: 4.13b-16
Severity: normal
$ echo "Hello" > datarows
$ file datarows
datarows: ASCII text
$ a2ps --guess datarows
[datarows (binary)]
$ mv datarows foo
$ file foo
foo: ASCII text
$ a2ps --guess foo
[foo (plain)]
$ mv foo s.xml
$ file s.xml
s.xml: ASCII text
$ a2ps --guess s.xml
[s.xml (binary)]
It looks like the guessing algorithm in a2ps relies too much
on filenames.
Actually, looking at /usr/share/a2ps/sheets/sheets.map , I found the
following rules:
| # Some binary files we probably don't want to print
| binary: /*tar*/
| /*.tar/
| /*.tgz/
| /*.[ao]/
| <ELF*>
| <data>
| <PA-RISC*>
I think that the first rule is really too broad, as (IIUC) it
matches *any* file whose name contains the string "tar".
Among other things, I cannot figure out which is the origin of this
rule... Why should a file be considered binary, whenever its name
includes the string "tar"?
Another rule that seems slightly too broad is the following one:
| # SCCS files
| binary: /[sp].*/
| /*\/[sp].*/
Any file whose name begins with "s." or "p." is blindly judged to be
binary. Why?
I tested this with Woody's a2ps (version 4.13b-16), but
the same issue seems to affect latest Sid version, as well
(that is version 1:4.13b-4.1), as its
/usr/share/a2ps/sheets/sheets.map still includes the above
mentioned rules.
-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux neverland 2.4.27 #1 Mon Aug 9 23:52:28 CEST 2004 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=
Versions of packages a2ps depends on:
ii debianutils 1.16.2woody1 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii libc6 2.2.5-11.5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libpaperg 1.1.8 Library for handling paper charact
ii psutils 1.17-15 A collection of PostScript documen
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Source: a2ps
Source-Version: 1:4.13c~rc4-1
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
a2ps, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
a2ps_4.13c~rc4-1.diff.gz
to pool/main/a/a2ps/a2ps_4.13c~rc4-1.diff.gz
a2ps_4.13c~rc4-1.dsc
to pool/main/a/a2ps/a2ps_4.13c~rc4-1.dsc
a2ps_4.13c~rc4-1_i386.deb
to pool/main/a/a2ps/a2ps_4.13c~rc4-1_i386.deb
a2ps_4.13c~rc4.orig.tar.gz
to pool/main/a/a2ps/a2ps_4.13c~rc4.orig.tar.gz
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
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and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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Masayuki Hatta (mhatta) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated a2ps package)
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Format: 1.7
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:35:46 +0700
Source: a2ps
Binary: a2ps
Architecture: source i386
Version: 1:4.13c~rc4-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Masayuki Hatta (mhatta) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Changed-By: Masayuki Hatta (mhatta) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
a2ps - GNU a2ps - 'Anything to PostScript' converter and pretty-printer
Closes: 280671 286571 291749 305920 309605 311240 323361 341116 360116 360119
368829 380143 390125 404053
Changes:
a2ps (1:4.13c~rc4-1) unstable; urgency=low
.
* New upstream release.
* Improved rules in sheets.map - closes: #280671
* Now depends on file and psutils - closes: #341116, #360116, #309605
* Fixed a typo in ogonkify.1 - closes: #311240
* Added rlpr support - closes: #360119
* Added PHP support - closes: #380143
* Now supports newer GV - closes: #390125, #291749, #323361
* Now supports CP1251 - closes: #286571
* Now takes care of /usr/share/info/dir - closes: #368829, #404053
* Now pdiff accepts data on standard input - closes: #305920
* Now Build-Depends: texlive-base-bin, instead of tetex-bin.
* Bumped to Standards-Version: 3.7.2.
Files:
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c8da7f7752fa90212a442bc4bba4d837 1689085 text optional
a2ps_4.13c~rc4.orig.tar.gz
64edee1daf44cd8574a7f87bda54f322 22440 text optional a2ps_4.13c~rc4-1.diff.gz
02ce187ea4a27a5ff6463dc88f2aec2b 688068 text optional a2ps_4.13c~rc4-1_i386.deb
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