Bug#319284: foomatic-db-gutenprint: Unable to read printer database

[Chris Lawrence <lordsutch@gmail.com>]

On 7/20/05, Roger Leigh <rleigh@whinlatter.ukfsn.org> wrote:
> Christoph Thomas <christoph.thomas@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > Package: foomatic-db-gutenprint
> 
> > after installing foomatic-db-gutenprint foomatic-gui isn't working
> > anymore. Actually I see only the message 'Unable to read printer
> > database'. After deinstalling (purge) foomatic-db-gutenprint everything
> > works fine.
> > Maybe you can add an incompatibility tag to your package?
> 
> I think it's probably a bug in the data, but I'm afraid I'm not a
> foomatic guru.
> 
> Chris, have you had any problems with the new gutenprint foomatic
> data, or with the gui?

I haven't tested it yet, but I'll take a look.  It's possible the
gutenprint XML files are slightly different in a way that confuses the
XML parser in foomatic-gui/printconf.


Chris
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