Description of problem: After upgrading to lib64tiff5-4.2.0.1.mga7, gscan2pdf gives the following error on startup: Warning: missing packages Save image requires libtiff Reverting to the mga7 release version of libtiff (4.0.10...) resolves the problem. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gscan2pdf-2.5.2-2.mga7 lib64tiff5-4.2.0.1.mga7 How reproducible: Upgrade to lib64tiff5-4.2.0.1.mga7, start gscan2pdf. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Upgrade to lib64tiff5-4.2.0.1.mga7 2. Start gscan2pdf Marked as major because gscan2pdf will no longer save files, rendering it effectively broken.
CC: (none) => doktor5000
*** Bug 28583 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
CC: (none) => coig29
In fact, libtiff is no more recognized by gscan2pdf. gscan2pdf --info INFO - Starting gscan2pdf 2.5.2 INFO - Log level INFO [...] INFO - tiffcp -h INFO - Spawned PID 6889 INFO - Unable to parse version string from: '' [...] tiffcp -h LIBTIFF, Version 4.2.0 Copyright (c) 1988-1996 Sam Leffler Copyright (c) 1991-1996 Silicon Graphics, Inc. usage: tiffcp [options] input... output where options are: [...] With the previous version tiffcp -h tiffcp: invalid option -- 'h' LIBTIFF, Version 4.1.0 Copyright (c) 1988-1996 Sam Leffler Copyright (c) 1991-1996 Silicon Graphics, Inc. usage: tiffcp [options] input... output where options are: [...] I would say that it is an upstream bug.
CC: (none) => yves.brungard_mageia
Please test upcoming gscan2pdf-2.11.0-1.mga7 in Core/Updates_testing repo!
CC: (none) => geiger.david68210
Thanks for jumping on this - as is your habit! Assigning it to you as you are dealing with it already. Remember the eventual Advisory.
Assignee: bugsquad => geiger.david68210CC: geiger.david68210 => (none)
It can't be installed, claiming dependencies.
This is now OK, Installing is possible. Scanning a page in grey, saving it as PDF, this is OK. Assigning to QA.
Assignee: geiger.david68210 => qa-bugs
Assigning to QA now, Advisory: ======================== Since last update of libtiff 4.2.0 gscan2pdf does not work properly anymore. Current release is not compatible with new libtiff So this update fixes this issue. ======================== Packages in 8/core/updates_testing: ======================== gscan2pdf-2.11.0-1.mga7.noarch.rpm perl-Graphics-TIFF-7.0.0-1.mga7.i586.rpm perl-Graphics-TIFF-7.0.0-1.mga7.x86_64.rpm perl-Image-PNG-Libpng-0.560.0-1.mga7.i586.rpm perl-Image-PNG-Libpng-0.560.0-1.mga7.x86_64.rpm perl-PDF-Builder-3.21.0-1.mga7.noarch.rpm perl-Gtk3-ImageView-4.0.0-1.mga7.noarch.rpm Source RPM: ======================== gscan2pdf-2.11.0-1.mga7.src.rpm perl-Graphics-TIFF-7.0.0-1.mga7.src.rpm perl-Image-PNG-Libpng-0.560.0-1.mga7.src.rpm perl-PDF-Builder-3.21.0-1.mga7.src.rpm perl-Gtk3-ImageView-4.0.0-1.mga7.src.rpm
MGA7-64 Plasma on Lenovo B50 No installation issues. used gscan2pdf on wifi connected HP ENVY 6022 to scan 3 pages and saved as one pdf document, works OK. Commands mentioned in Comment 2: $ gscan2pdf --info Locale::Language will be removed from the Perl core distribution in the next major release. Please install it from CPAN. It is being used at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Gscan2pdf/Tesseract.pm, line 14. Locale::Codes will be removed from the Perl core distribution in the next major release. Please install it from CPAN. It is being used at /usr/share/perl5/Locale/Language.pm, line 22. INFO - Starting gscan2pdf 2.11.0 INFO - Called with /usr/bin/gscan2pdf --info INFO - Log level INFO INFO - Using en_BE.UTF-8 locale INFO - Startup LC_NUMERIC C INFO - Reading config from /home/tester7/.config/gscan2pdfrc INFO - Config file version v2.11.0 INFO - Operating system: linux INFO - LSB_VERSION= DISTRIB_ID="Mageia" DISTRIB_RELEASE=7 DISTRIB_CODENAME=mga7 DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Mageia 7" INFO - Mageia release 7 (Official) for x86_64 etc .... no problemmentioned $ tiffcp -h LIBTIFF, Version 4.2.0 Copyright (c) 1988-1996 Sam Leffler Copyright (c) 1991-1996 Silicon Graphics, Inc. usage: tiffcp [options] input... output where options are: -a append to output instead of overwriting -o offset set initial directory offset -p contig pack samples contiguously (e.g. RGBRGB...) -p separate store samples separately (e.g. RRR...GGG...BBB...) -s write output in strips -t write output in tiles -x force the merged tiff pages in sequence -8 write BigTIFF instead of default ClassicTIFF -B write big-endian instead of native byte order etc.....all looks normal, Ok for me
Whiteboard: (none) => MGA7-64-OKCC: (none) => herman.viaene
Validating. Advisory in Comment 7.
Keywords: (none) => validated_updateCC: (none) => andrewsfarm, sysadmin-bugs
Keywords: (none) => advisory
An update for this issue has been pushed to the Mageia Updates repository. https://advisories.mageia.org/MGAA-2021-0044.html
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => FIXED