Re: brew installation gives a2ps: cannot find file `level1.ppd'

Reuben Thomas <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:43:56 +0100
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Just in case, I did a quick check, and indeed I can't reproduce your
problem: a2ps --list-defaults from an installation of a2ps 4.15.3 works
fine. As you note, the apparently missing file is installed. Looks like a
packaging problem in brew, therefore.


On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 at 14:28, Reuben Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:

> Please report this bug to brew, not us!
>
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> On Thu, 30 Mar 2023, 14:18 John Haggerty, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> After installing a2ps with brew on MacOS Ventura Version 13.3 (22E252)
>>
>> [~]$ a2ps --version
>> GNU a2ps 4.15.3
>> Packaged by Homebrew (4.15.3)
>>
>> most commands result in cannot find file `level1.ppd'
>>
>> [~]$ a2ps --list=defaults
>> a2ps: cannot find file `level1.ppd': No such file or directory
>>
>> although it comes with the installation:
>>
>> [~]$ brew list --verbose a2ps | grep -i ppd
>> /usr/local/Cellar/a2ps/4.15.3/share/a2ps/sheets/ppd.ssh
>> /usr/local/Cellar/a2ps/4.15.3/share/a2ps/ppd/level2.ppd
>> /usr/local/Cellar/a2ps/4.15.3/share/a2ps/ppd/level1.ppd
>> /usr/local/Cellar/a2ps/4.15.3/share/a2ps/ppd/README
>>
>> and the links are there:
>>
>> [~]$ dir /usr/local/share/a2ps/ppd
>> total 24
>> drwxr-xr-x  5 haggerty  admin   160 Mar 26 16:32 .
>> drwxr-xr-x  9 haggerty  admin   288 Mar 26 16:32 ..
>> -rw-r--r--  1 haggerty  admin   301 Mar 26 16:32 README
>> -rw-r--r--  1 haggerty  admin  1892 Mar 26 16:32 level1.ppd
>> -rw-r--r--  1 haggerty  admin  2731 Mar 26 16:32 level2.ppd
>>
>> Thanks in advance for looking at this.
>>
>> ---
>> John Haggerty
>> [email protected]
>> cell: 631 741 3358
>>
>>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-=
size:small" class=3D"gmail_default">Just in case, I did a quick check, and =
indeed I can&#39;t reproduce your problem: a2ps --list-defaults from an ins=
tallation of a2ps 4.15.3 works fine. As you note, the apparently missing fi=
le is installed. Looks like a packaging problem in brew, therefore.</div><d=
iv class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;=
font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D=
"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 at 14:28, Reuben Thomas &lt;=
<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><block=
quote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1=
px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">Please report=
 this bug to brew, not us!=C2=A0<br><br><div>--<br><a href=3D"https://rrt.s=
c3d.org" target=3D"_blank">https://rrt.sc3d.org</a></div></div><br><div cla=
ss=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, 30 Mar 202=
3, 14:18 John Haggerty, &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_=
blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_=
quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,=
204);padding-left:1ex">After installing a2ps with brew on MacOS Ventura Ver=
sion 13.3 (22E252)<br>
<br>
[~]$ a2ps --version<br>
GNU a2ps 4.15.3<br>
Packaged by Homebrew (4.15.3)<br>
<br>
most commands result in cannot find file `level1.ppd&#39;<br>
<br>
[~]$ a2ps --list=3Ddefaults<br>
a2ps: cannot find file `level1.ppd&#39;: No such file or directory<br>
<br>
although it comes with the installation:<br>
<br>
[~]$ brew list --verbose a2ps | grep -i ppd<br>
/usr/local/Cellar/a2ps/4.15.3/share/a2ps/sheets/ppd.ssh<br>
/usr/local/Cellar/a2ps/4.15.3/share/a2ps/ppd/level2.ppd<br>
/usr/local/Cellar/a2ps/4.15.3/share/a2ps/ppd/level1.ppd<br>
/usr/local/Cellar/a2ps/4.15.3/share/a2ps/ppd/README<br>
<br>
and the links are there:<br>
<br>
[~]$ dir /usr/local/share/a2ps/ppd<br>
total 24<br>
drwxr-xr-x=C2=A0 5 haggerty=C2=A0 admin=C2=A0 =C2=A0160 Mar 26 16:32 .<br>
drwxr-xr-x=C2=A0 9 haggerty=C2=A0 admin=C2=A0 =C2=A0288 Mar 26 16:32 ..<br>
-rw-r--r--=C2=A0 1 haggerty=C2=A0 admin=C2=A0 =C2=A0301 Mar 26 16:32 README=
<br>
-rw-r--r--=C2=A0 1 haggerty=C2=A0 admin=C2=A0 1892 Mar 26 16:32 level1.ppd<=
br>
-rw-r--r--=C2=A0 1 haggerty=C2=A0 admin=C2=A0 2731 Mar 26 16:32 level2.ppd<=
br>
<br>
Thanks in advance for looking at this.<br>
<br>
---<br>
John Haggerty<br>
<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">ha=
[email protected]</a><br>
cell: 631 741 3358<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div>
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fix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"l=
tr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><a href=3D"https://rrt.sc3d.org" target=3D"_blank=
">https://rrt.sc3d.org</a></div></div></div></div>

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