tags 549673 + upstream forwarded 549673 http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3067 notfixed 549673 1.4.2-10 thanks Hi there! Cc:ing Joey since he provided the patch and adding upstream tag as well as the forwared address. Sorry for the delay, I finally upgraded cups after the xpdf packages have been fixed: http://bugs.debian.org/557885 http://bugs.debian.org/558020 On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:21:12 +0100, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > which was filed against the cups package: > > #549673: cups: constantly modify configuration files in /etc > > It has been closed by Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org>. First of all, I would have liked to be kept updated about the bug status, instead of simply receiving the closing notification, especially because there is an upstream bug. On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:58:42 +0100, Martin Pitt wrote: > Joey Hess [2010-02-05 16:25 -0500]: >> So I see that upstream has rejected moving the cups state info >> out of /etc. (http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3067) > > *sigh* Long life to "standards"... >> Before this bug's scope creeps to the point that it is unfixable >> without a maintenance nightmare, I just wanted to point out that >> the attached simple patch should be sufficient to address the >> problem of cups creating a *different* file content each day, >> by removing the date, which serves little purpose. > > Thanks! Applied to bzr tree, will be in next upload. This does not completely fix the issue: ===== gismo:/etc# git log -1 commit f11845b4fdfc796ac8cbc8f9479ad6d5079548d4 Author: Luca Capello <luca@pca.it> Date: Wed Apr 7 12:22:54 2010 +0200 committing changes in /etc after apt run Package changes: -cups 1.4.1-5 -cups-bsd 1.4.2-5 -cups-client 1.4.2-5 -cups-common 1.4.2-5 +cups 1.4.2-10 [...] gismo:/etc# git diff diff --git a/cups/printers.conf b/cups/printers.conf index e573378..994e5a8 100644 --- a/cups/printers.conf +++ b/cups/printers.conf @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ -# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.4.1 -# Written by cupsd on 2010-02-19 10:03 +# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.4.2 +# Written by cupsd +# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE WHEN CUPSD IS RUNNING <Printer ScIII-4036A_HP-LaserJet-4200n> Info HP LaserJet 4200n Location 4036A, Sciences III, UniGE diff --git a/cups/printers.conf.O b/cups/printers.conf.O index eb52ed1..994e5a8 100644 --- a/cups/printers.conf.O +++ b/cups/printers.conf.O @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ -# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.4.1 -# Written by cupsd on 2009-12-04 10:38 +# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.4.2 +# Written by cupsd +# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE WHEN CUPSD IS RUNNING <Printer ScIII-4036A_HP-LaserJet-4200n> Info HP LaserJet 4200n Location 4036A, Sciences III, UniGE gismo:/etc# etckeeper commit "cups/printers.conf*: useless commit (#549673)" gismo:/etc# apt-get update && apt-get upgrade gismo:/etc# git log -1 commit 0c22de0d48f21873bb8d6d6cd039e6dc9078e830 Author: Luca Capello <luca@pca.it> Date: Wed Apr 14 12:11:54 2010 +0200 committing changes in /etc after apt run Package changes: [...] -cups 1.4.2-10 -cups-bsd 1.4.2-10 -cups-client 1.4.2-10 -cups-common 1.4.2-10 +cups 1.4.3-1 [...] gismo:/etc# git diff diff --git a/cups/printers.conf b/cups/printers.conf index 994e5a8..7848d78 100644 --- a/cups/printers.conf +++ b/cups/printers.conf @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.4.2 +# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.4.3 # Written by cupsd # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE WHEN CUPSD IS RUNNING <Printer ScIII-4036A_HP-LaserJet-4200n> gismo:/etc# etckeeper commit "cups/printers.conf*: useless commit (#549673), second try" gismo:/etc# ===== As a final remark, I think this bug should be marked as wontfix instead of cloging it, since even with Joey's patch the issue is not resolved at all (there is still an FHS violation). However, given that upstream is not collaborating here (yes, I am a bit upset) and the package is yours, do whatever you prefer, I will stop complaining with this mail. Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca
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