v17.12.1

pathwaycom/pathwayv17.12.1Sep 16, 2026by github-actions[bot]

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AI Summary

Fixes `ocrmypdf --version` and `--help` commands which were incorrectly printing to standard error instead of standard output due to an early file descriptor redirection.

Key Highlights

  • Fixed `ocrmypdf --version` to output to stdout
  • Fixed `ocrmypdf --help` to output to stdout
  • Resolves issue introduced in v17.8.0 regarding stderr redirection

Full Release Notes

**Fixes**

- `ocrmypdf --version` and `ocrmypdf --help` printed to standard error
  instead of standard output, so `version=$(ocrmypdf --version)` came back
  empty and `ocrmypdf --help | less` showed nothing. OCRmyPDF redirects file
  descriptor 1 to standard error early in startup, before it parses the
  command line, so that a stray write from a plugin or a library cannot
  corrupt a PDF being written to standard output; argparse's own output was
  caught by that redirection too and is now routed back to the real standard
  output. Error messages continue to go to standard error. Broken since
  v17.8.0.

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