Bug#926707: cups: please do not generate files under /etc but use /var/lib for that (etckeeper woes)

[Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de>]

# mention etckeeper in the title (easier found thus)
retitle 549673 cups: constantly modify configuration files in /etc (bad for etckeeper)
retitle 926707 cups-browsed: generates PPDs in /etc, not /var/lib (bad for etckeeper)
# merging, as these are effectively the same issue
unblock 926707 by 549673
tags 549673 - fixed-upstream
severity 926707 minor
forwarded 926707 https://github.com/apple/cups/issues/3067
forcemerge 926707 549673
thanks

Hi OdyX,

>While I agree that the whole /etc/cups directory _COULD_ be moved to
>/var/lib/cups , this is not done easily, brings only little benefit, and woudl
>break a lot of assumptions in various parts of the stack. See as mere example
>the search for /etc/cups/ppd ; 290 occurences:

thanks for this explanation.

>I really have not changed my mind about this: diverging away from upstream
>CUPS and their 20+ years of existance is really not worth the costs.
>
>Hereby marking this as upstream, and wontfix; sorry.

I agree; thanks for leaving this open, so it can be found easier
by others encountering the same problem.

Maybe this is something that can be fixed on the etckeeper side
(ignoring those generated PPDs and the .O (IIRC?) files).

bye,
//mirabilos
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