Bug#389093: [Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#389093: cupsys: CUPS makes cupsd.conf blank when enabling sharing in web interface

[Kenshi Muto <kmuto@debian.org>]

tags 389093 pending
thanks

At Sat, 23 Sep 2006 13:31:54 -0700,
Garrett Patrick McLean wrote:
> Package: cupsys
> Version: 1.2.3-1
> Severity: important
> 
> When I try to "Share published printers connected to this system" via 
> the web interface (localhost:631), it makes cupsd.conf blank and 
> therefore makes cupsys as a whole unusable (since I can no longer start 
> up the server as it wants some kind of cupsd.conf not just an empty 
> file. To be clear, I start with a default cupsd.conf, add a printer 
> (which works fine), and then try to enable sharing via the web 
> interface. Then, when the browser says the server is restarting, it 
> redirects to a "Can't connect to server page," I see that cups is dead 
> and I can't restart it (at least, not with the init.d script).

This bug is recent known issue and is fixed by upstream.
Fixed version 1.2.4-1 will be uploaded soon.
I'm sorry for your inconvenience but please wait a while.


Thanks,
-- 
Kenshi Muto
kmuto@debian.org