[cups.bugs] [HIGH] STR #2510: cupstestppd fails with misleading message

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Download this PPD file:
http://www.linuxprinting.org/download/PPD/Infotec/PS/Infotec-ISC_2432_PS.ppd

compress it:
gzip -9 Infotec-ISC_2432_PS.ppd

run cupstestppd:
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cupstestpppd Infotec-ISC_2432_PS.ppd.gz
Infotec-ISC_2432_PS.ppd.gz: FAIL
      **FAIL**  Unable to open PPD file - Missing value string on line
1869.
                REF: Page 20, section 3.4.
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Well, the issue is not that the file cannot be opened: a specific line
number is given, so program is able to open it.

I got the feeling that this depends on the size before/after compression
and that not enough memory gets allocated for such a compressed file. But
I'm not sure.

Link: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2510
Version: 1.3.0