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Bug#616433: marked as done (cups: please create /etc/ppd and use it)

Your message dated Thu, 9 Mar 2017 19:02:21 +0000
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and subject line Re: Bug#616433: cups: please create /etc/ppd and use it
has caused the Debian Bug report #616433,
regarding cups: please create /etc/ppd and use it
to be marked as done.

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Package: cups
Version: 1.4.4-7
Severity: wishlist

http://wiki.debian.org/PpdFileStructureSpecification says:

 User-provided and custom PPDs should be put into /etc/ppd/. Printer
 queue setup tools should be altered to look for user-provided and
 custom PPDs under this directory and should also copy PPDs to this
 directory when a function like "Provide a PPD file..." is
 used. Therefore the /etc/ppd/ directory needs to be group-writable by
 user lpadmin, so that printer admins can install PPDs. Each package
 that provides a printer spooler (cupsys, lpr and lprng) should check
 if the /etc/ppd/ directory exists when installed, if not create it
 and apply the necessary permissions.

But cups (in squeeze) does not do that.

-- 
Lionel

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On Fri 04 Mar 2011 at 14:08:41 +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:

> http://wiki.debian.org/PpdFileStructureSpecification says:

>  User-provided and custom PPDs should be put into /etc/ppd/. Printer
>  queue setup tools should be altered to look for user-provided and
>  custom PPDs under this directory and should also copy PPDs to this
>  directory when a function like "Provide a PPD file..." is
>  used. Therefore the /etc/ppd/ directory needs to be group-writable by
>  user lpadmin, so that printer admins can install PPDs. Each package
>  that provides a printer spooler (cupsys, lpr and lprng) should check
>  if the /etc/ppd/ directory exists when installed, if not create it
>  and apply the necessary permissions.
> 
> But cups (in squeeze) does not do that.

This is only one of the aspirations in the quoted link which has not yet
been subject to significant scrutiny. Additionally, any specification is
subject to change. Not that the past eleven years have seen much of
note happening.

I'd suggest it could be wishful thinking to expect this enhancement
request to be fulfilled any time soon. Should we carry this bug in the
BTS indefinitely? I think not; hence closing. Sorry.

Regards,

Brian.

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