Bug#616174: lprng: Why the war between CUPS and lpr*? I hate having to re-install lpr*.
On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 03:51:00PM -0700, s. keeling wrote:
> I would really appreciate it if you would institute an
> /etc/default/print which would specify "this system's" preferred
> printing system, and serve as a "Dammit! don't fsck with it!" for all
> other programs. PLEASE!!!
It's much more complicated than that (which is why alternatives won't
work either) because you have to have the right set of printer clients
working with the right daemon.
For that reason both systems conflict with each other, because not doing
that just causes a horrible mess. So one uninstalling the other is what
you want to happen.
What the problem is that the cups package is being installed and you're
not installing it. That must be a dependency doing that and possibly it
shouldn't be. The main thing is, it's not a lprng bug.
- Craig
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