Re: LPR and CUPS
Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com>:
>
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 06:35:15PM -0500, cothrige wrote:
> > Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> writes:
> > >
> > > cupsys-bsd package provide /usr/bin/lpr. you should not need to
> > > install an additional package to get lpr functionality.=20
> >
> > Well, there you go. I did not have that particular package installed,
> > rather having only cupsys and so on. This fixed it right away, and
> > without any further configuration than what I already had. At least not
> > for getting it to print.
>
> that's better than the typical "cups sucks" flamewar we get... cue in
> 3..2..1..
I'll bite. It does. Install a print daemon (lpr(ng)), install
anything else that's even remotely related to printing, it drags in
CUPS, and CUPS blows away lpr(ng).
Nice. Bug report submitted (Bug#431725), but I don't hold out much
hope for lpr*. CUPS is cool and pointy-clicky.
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