[arch-general] cups 1.5.3-3 requires gs

[Leonid Isaev]

On Tue, 29 May 2012 14:05:28 -0500
rara8avis at aol.com wrote:

> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 01:48:24PM -0500, Leonid Isaev wrote:
> > On Tue, 29 May 2012 13:26:02 -0500
> > rara8avis at aol.com wrote:
> > 
> > > It does not seem to be documented (e.g. pacman -Qi cups) but cups 1.5.3-3
> > > requires ghostscript to be installed.  This is a change for some of us
> > > who had not otherwise needed ghostscript.  FYI
> > > 
> > > 	T.
> > > 
> > 
> > cups-filters optionally depends on ghostscript (just as cups 1.5.3-2 did).
> > 
> This is not an optional dependance that I am talking about.  When I tried
> to print from libreoffice via cups 1.5.3-3, cups failed because it called
> gs but I had no ghostscript installed.  After installed gs, I print easily.
> So my experience is that gs is now a necessity to print through cups.
> 
> 	T.
> 

I don't know how exactly LO submits print jobs (odt/doc -> pdf/ps?), but I am
surprised you didn't need gs before. However, the only change in cups is just
a reallocation of filters and a rebuild against new poppler, which I think is
to blame...

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