Bug#935004: cups-filters: print test page problem solved by upgrading to github version (1.25.1)

[Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com>]

On Sat 24 Aug 2019 at 18:59:26 -0700, frederik@ofb.net wrote:

> Sorry for the delay, I just ran 'sudo apt-get update' and 'sudo
> apt-get remove cups-filters' and 'sudo apt-get install cups
> cups-filters hplip printer-driver-gutenprint printer-driver-hpcups'
> and I saw that it is trying to install the same version of
> cups-filters as I had reported the bug in. Can you explain how I
> should install the version you uploaded to Debian Unstable? I don't
> often use Debian so I am not familiar with this process.

You need to change the "deb" line in /etc/apt/sources.list to use the
unstable archive:

  deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free

Then 'apt update' followed by 'apt install cups-filters'.

I do not see any benefit in updating the other other packages, but it
should not do any harm.
 
> Also, is there a reason why you think the new version would fix the
> problem? Perhaps since my time is limited and no one else has reported
> this bug, we should regard it as a potential misconfiguration, or an
> issue that may have arisen from my trying to install and then
> uninstall the Github cups-filters package as I explained in my
> original report.

Testing is best done with the latest version. You have described your
issue well, but we have little to go on. My inability to reproduce it
on unstable would incline me to close the report.

(The avahi-browse output would still be useful my records).

Cheers,

Brian.