Bug#175239: efax no longer understands dvi2fax' output
On 08.04.04 Frank Küster (frank@debian.org) wrote:
> Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de> wrote:
Hi,
> > drachi:[~/efax] #diff -a truc-new.fax /home/hille/tmp/sarge/efax/file-new.fax |wc
> > 11 100 19497
>
> you could try with "strings".
>
Stupid me... But it doesn't tell me anything I could interpret. Well,
except, that the files you created with the new dvi2fax differ from
that what I get, when I call the new dvi2fax.
> Probably that efax is buggy.
>
Yes. Therefore I contacted the package maintainer and upstream, but
never got any reply. We should wait for the packagers of the other
fax programs.
> This efax is strange. Here it always complains about not finding
> /dev/modem, irrespective of what I put into /etc/efaxrc.
>
Seems to depend on the order of the options:
drachi:[~/efax] #strace efax -t 0123456789 truc-new.fax 2>&1 | grep format
write(2, "efax: 46:49 Error: can\'t get for"..., 52efax: 46:49 Error: can't get
format of truc-new.fax
drachi:[~/efax] #strace efax truc-new.fax -t 0123456789 2>&1 | grep modem
open("/dev/modem", O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK|O_NOCTTY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
write(2, "efax: 47:15 Error: can\'t open se"..., 80efax: 47:15 Error:
can't open serial port /dev/modem: No such file or directory
drachi:[~/efax] #strace efax truc-new.fax -t 0123456789 2>&1 | grep format
drachi:[~/efax] #strace efax -t 0123456789 truc-new.fax 2>&1 | grep modem
drachi:[~/efax] #strace efax -t 0123456789 truc-new.fax 2>&1 | grep efax.r
drachi:[~/efax] #strace efax truc-new.fax -t 0123456789 2>&1 | grep efax.r
drachi:[~/efax] #
Seems to be broken heavily....
After creating /dev/modem:
drachi:[~/efax] #efax truc-new.fax -t 061575546
efax: Thu Apr 8 19:02:10 2004 efax v 0.9a-001114 Copyright 1999 Ed Casas
efax: Thu Apr 8 19:02:10 2004 efax v 0.9a-001114 Copyright 1999 Ed Casas
efax: 02:10 compiled Apr 8 2004 18:39:30
efax: 02:10 opened /dev/modem
efax: 02:12 using Version 1.10 / 19.07.1999 "ELSA AG, Aachen
(Germany)" "MicroLink 56k basic" "Version 1.10 / 19.07.1999" in class 2.0
efax: 02:17 Warning: can't get modem capabilities, set to default
Even with the new .fax I created. The simple solution could be: man
page bug. efax(1)
-t num [file...]
dial telephone number num and send the fax image
files file....
is wrong.
> > At least he didn't complain about unknown formats. I didn't try
> > to send that fax anywhere and call the receiver, whether it has
> > arrived.
>
> I'll send a mail to the maintainers of the other fax packages.
>
Thanks.
Hilmar
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