Bug#980975: cups error: Failed to create /var/spool/cups/tmp/.hplip

[Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com>]

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thanks


On Sun 24 Jan 2021 at 22:55:04 +0000, Chris Bainbridge wrote:

> Package: cups
> Version: 2.3.3op1-7
> 
> "Failed to create /var/spool/cups/tmp/.hplip" appears in the journal on
> bullseye. I am not using hplip, and have never installed it.

Thank you for your report, Chris.

However, the content is perplexing. I do not have Python or coding
skills but, looking at HPLIP's os_utils.py, I find

  log.error("Failed to create %s" % hplipdir)

In other words, HPLIP, not CUPS, is the source of the message. It
would be useful to

  * have the complete line from the journal when the line next
    appears.
  * have an indication of the circumstances in which it occurs.

Regards,

Brian.