Bug#711327: cups-client: the -h option has no effect

["Didier 'OdyX' Raboud" <odyx@debian.org>]

Hi Vincent,

Le jeudi, 6 juin 2013 17.22:24, Vincent Lefevre a écrit :
> On 2013-06-06 15:30:13 +0100, Brian Potkin wrote:
> > 3. The -h option takes precedance over a user/system client.conf file
> > 
> >    and the CUPS_SERVER environment variable. Using an alternative server
> >    we would execute
> >    
> >       lpstat -h hostname[:port] -a -v
> 
> This doesn't work either. For instance,
> 
>   lpstat -h localhost -a
> 
> gives me the remote printers (only).

What do the following commands give?

$ lpstat -H
$ lpstat -h localhost -H 
$ lpstat -h localhost:631 -H 

> And if the order of options matters (which is rather unusual),
> this should be documented.

Indeed, but we can't realistically correct all (quite minor) upstream 
documentation issues; and unfortunately, the upstream bugtracker is down these 
days. Patches are welcome of course.

Cheers,

OdyX