Blank Text GNOME Print/Print Preview Workaround

[Adam Warner <lists@consulting.net.nz>]

Packages: libgnomeprint-data, libgnomeprint-bin, libgnomeprint15
Version: 0.34-2

Refer:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?archive=no\&bug=128378

Hi all,

I have discovered that reverting to the 0.32-4 versions of
libgnomeprint-data, libgnomeprint-bin and libgnomeprint15 fixes the
problem where blank text appears in print previews in applications such
as gnumeric and evolution.

The trick is that you must PURGE the original packages. The workaround
goes like this:

dpkg --purge --force-all libgnomeprint-data
dpkg --purge --force-all libgnomeprint-bin
dpkg --purge --force-all libgnomeprint15

cd /var/cache/apt/archives/

dpkg --install libgnomeprint-data_0.32-4_all.deb
dpkg --install libgnomeprint-bin_0.32-4_i386.deb
dpkg --install libgnomeprint15_0.32-4_i386.deb

This step will allow you to keep the working packages on hold until the
fixed ones become available:

echo "libgnomeprint-data hold" | dpkg --set-selections
echo "libgnomeprint-bin hold" | dpkg --set-selections
echo "libgnomeprint15 hold" | dpkg --set-selections

Regards,
Adam