la 11.7.2026 klo 13.06 Martin-Éric Racine ([email protected]) kirjoitti: > > la 6.6.2026 klo 11.14 Martin-Éric Racine ([email protected]) > kirjoitti: > > > > ke 13.5.2026 klo 12.13 Martin-Éric Racine ([email protected]) > > kirjoitti: > > > > > > ti 12.5.2026 klo 8.04 Martin-Éric Racine ([email protected]) > > > kirjoitti: > > > > > > > > su 3.5.2026 klo 14.07 Martin-Éric Racine ([email protected]) > > > > kirjoitti: > > > > > > > > > > pe 1.5.2026 klo 21.40 Martin-Éric Racine ([email protected]) > > > > > kirjoitti: > > > > > > > > > > > > pe 1.5.2026 klo 21.15 Thorsten Alteholz ([email protected]) > > > > > > kirjoitti: > > > > > > > On 21.04.26 09:57, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > > > > > > > > CUPS-PDF suddenly fails to install since CUPS 2.4.17, as seen > > > > > > > > in the > > > > > > > > failed cups-pdf autopkgtest on Salsa. As far as I can tell, > > > > > > > > this is > > > > > > > > due to CUPS having migrated to a different sysuser creation > > > > > > > > mechanism, > > > > > > > > which makes the creation of the PDF queue fail in postinst. I'm > > > > > > > > just > > > > > > > > not sure of how to fix this. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the autopkgtest of cups-pdf for the uploaded new version of cups > > > > > > > failed > > > > > > > due to a broken test-script. > > > > > > > > > > > > Which script? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Do you still encounter problems? At least I could install > > > > > > > cups-pdf and a > > > > > > > PDF queue is available. I can confirm that the problem is not > > > > > > > related to > > > > > > > systemd. > > > > > > > > > > > > https://ci.debian.net/packages/c/cups-pdf/unstable/amd64/ > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes. > > > > > > > > > > https://salsa.debian.org/printing-team/cups-pdf/-/jobs/9523833 > > > > > > > > > > Installation still times out asking for the root password, even > > > > > thought postinst shouldn't need it. That postinst script has worked > > > > > flawlessly until recently. It seemingly no longer does, presumably > > > > > because of changes in CUPS. > > > > > > > > Luca Boccassi spotted an upstream change that alters how localhost is > > > > treated since CUPS 2.4.17. That part of postinst is now fixed thanks > > > > to him. > > > > > > > > However, autopkgtest still fails because CUPS upstream also broke > > > > anonymous queues for 2 releases. Fixing that part requires packaging > > > > CUPs 2.4.19 or newer into unstable. > > > > > > > > Last, but not least, the recent changes you made to the PDF printing > > > > test that ships with cups-client essentialy broke the test. It creates > > > > and removes a queue without printing anything. Please revert this. > > > > > > Just to check, I tried to see if I could package the new upstream > > > myself. Nope. Too many of the Debian patches no longer apply. However, > > > I nonetheless ran lintian-brush and pushed that in. I also reverted > > > the change to tests (missing a digit on the Closes statement - sorry > > > about that). While this restores printing the full series of test > > > documents, an unrelated issue appears with > > > debian/tests/cups-basiccommands hanging at the step to create the 2nd > > > test queue. > > > > Thorsten, any comment on the above? > > Can we return to this now?
I really need to ask: Is anybody maintaining CUPS at this point? There are a number of CVEs and an upstream that fixes regressions hasn't been packaged in close to 3 months. Martin-Éric
