Bug#799259: cups-filters: Messy dependencies between cups-filters and foomatic-filters...
Control: reassign -1 cups 1.7.5-11+deb8u1 , foomatic-filters 1.0.61-5+deb8u1
Control: retitle -1 foomatic-filters (for 'beh') and cups not coinstallable
Le jeudi, 17 septembre 2015, 11.48:22 Marco Gaiarin a écrit :
> i've just installed my first 'jessie' server, and trying to configure
> CUPS i've it a trouble.
>
> Little note: i've found in past year (and debian version) some trouble
> handling some printer: it is normally due to firmware or driver
> (windows driver) bugs, but in some case i use the 'beh' backend
> (…) to cure or at least circumvent that trouble.
>
> Normally, on older debian revision, beh get installed by default. Not
> on jessie.
>
> (…)
>
> i've found that the 'beh' backend is in the 'foomatic-filters'
> package. Good.
> (…)
>
> Not so good. The trouble seems to come from a dependency mess, eg:
> (…)
>
> eg, cups both depends and recommend 'cups-filters', cups-filters
> conflicts with foomatic-filters and foomatic-filters recommends cups.
>
> Seems so strange to me... how can i install the 'beh' backend?
Indeed, it seems that you can't. I can confirm that cups and
foomatic-filters are not coinstallable, at least since jessie.
Till: should 'beh' be shipped in cups-filters too, or is there an
alternative to it between cups and cups-filters. Alternatively, should
we split 'beh' off foomatic-filters?
Cheers,
OdyX
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