Bug#737306: cups-core-drivers: commandtops missing from cups-core-drivers

[Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmail.com>]

For actual printing commandtops is not needed, but it seems that CUPS
hardwires the requirement of its presence to unlock printing to a
PostScript printer (PPD without *cupsFilter: line).

We either need to patch CUPS to remove this hard requirement (but still
allow the use of commandtops if it is there) or we need to move
commandtops into cups-core-drivers. Probably moving commandtops is much
easier and it should not to take so much space.

Didier, WDYT we should do here?

   Till


On 02/01/2014 01:06 PM, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> Package: cups-core-drivers
> Version: 1.7.1-3
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi,
> 
> following the cups split, I removed the cups package and only kept the
> -core ones. I have a fairly common setup, my printer is an ipp Brother
> one, which I think use PS (or PCL) language (Brother HL-5250DN).
> 
> Now, when trying to print or in the printer properies I get an error
> saying /var/lib/cups/commandtops file is missing.
> 
> If PS-based printing is not in the -core package, I have to admit I'm
> not sure what belongs there and who is it useful for.
> 
> Regards,
>