Bug#496660: hal-cups-utils: Bugs perhaps fixed with the new (unstable) version of hplip

[Vincent Danjean <vdanjean@debian.org>]

Package: hal-cups-utils
Followup-For: Bug #496660

  Hi,

  I reported a bug against hal-cups-utils (#496660). I think it might be fixed
with hplip 2.8.6.b-1. The changelog says:
   * debian/patches/hp-makeuri-uri-only-output.dpatch: Fix URI-only output
     of hp-makeuri. This is required for system-config-printer to assign
     HPLIP CUPS backends to print queues (Fixes LP: #245199).
I do not have access to the system where the bug occurs initially, so I cannot
test if it really fixes it.
  However, I think now that #496660 should be handled for lenny (as it can break
working printing system on upgrade and it is not so easy to find a workaround
for the admin system).

  So, it would be good if someone with an hp printer can test #496660
(to reproduce and see if hplip 2.8.6.b-1 fixes it).
  In this case, it can be an additionnal reason to allow a freeze exception
for hplip 2.8.6.b-1 (already asked by the maintainer)

  Best regards,
    Vincent


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.27-rc3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages hal-cups-utils depends on:
ii  cups                          1.3.8-1    Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  hal                           0.5.11-3   Hardware Abstraction Layer
ii  libc6                         2.7-13     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcups2                      1.3.8-1    Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libdbus-1-3                   1.2.1-3    simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libhal1                       0.5.11-3   Hardware Abstraction Layer - share
ii  python                        2.5.2-2    An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-cupsutils              1.0.0-2    Python utility modules around the 
ii  python-dbus                   0.83.0-1   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  python-gobject                2.14.2-1   Python bindings for the GObject li

hal-cups-utils recommends no packages.

Versions of packages hal-cups-utils suggests:
ii  hplip                         2.8.6-2    HP Linux Printing and Imaging Syst
ii  system-config-printer         1.0.0-2    graphical interface to configure t

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