Stable Release Update (SRU) Request -- for GUTSY

Impact of the bug

For all HP multi-function devices the functionality of sending documents
from the PC as fax is supported by the HPLIP package. No other
manufacturer offers this with free software.

Unfortunately, the version 2.7.7 of HPLIP which we ship with Gutsy has a
bug in the fax part of the printer driver and therefore is not able to
convert the input files into the format needed by the fax components of
HP's multi-function devices. This makes the fax function of all multi-
function devices from HP not working, and so a basic functionality gets
lost in Ubuntu Gutsy

Fix of the bug

HP has fixed this problem in HPLIP 2.7.10 and comparing the source code
showed that only a small fix in one source file is needed. The fixed
packages which I am proposing here has a patch added to apply exactly
this fix.

The debdiff

https://www.linux-
foundation.org/~till/tmp/ubuntu/gutsy/hplip/hplip_2.7.7.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5_2.7.7.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.1.debdiff

shows the changes which only affect this one file of the fax part of the
printer driver hpijs. What has changed is only the handling of temporary
files. I have tested it with both HPLIP 2.7.7 and 2.7.10 and it works as
expected. There are also no CUPS/AppArmor problems with the new handling
of temporary files (I did "sudo aa-enforce cupsd" before testing).

Patch on the current stable release:

https://www.linux-
foundation.org/~till/tmp/ubuntu/gutsy/hplip/hplip_2.7.7.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5_2.7.7.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.1.debdiff

Source packages are here:

https://www.linux-foundation.org/~till/tmp/ubuntu/gutsy/hplip/

Everyone who is suffering this problem please test and report here.
Thanks.

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Fax utility not adding files to job.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/153152
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