[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#552086: Unnecessary regeneration of /etc/cups/printers.conf

jrplists at gmail.com jrplists at gmail.com
Fri Oct 23 09:21:22 UTC 2009


Package: cups
Version: 1.4.1-5
Severity: minor


Cupsys regenerates /etc/cups/printers.conf when there are no changes. 
The only change in a new file is "timestamp" in file headers. This makes
additional entries in configuration tracking system (eg etckeeper).


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29.4 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages cups depends on:
ii  adduser                3.111             add and remove users and groups
ii  bc                     1.06.95-2         The GNU bc arbitrary precision cal
ii  cups-client            1.4.1-5           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  cups-common            1.4.1-5           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.28            Debian configuration management sy
ii  ghostscript            8.70~dfsg-2+b1    The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii  libavahi-client3       0.6.25-1          Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3       0.6.25-1          Avahi common library
ii  libc6                  2.10.1-1          GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcups2               1.4.1-5           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupscgi1            1.4.1-5           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsdriver1         1.4.1-5           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsimage2          1.4.1-5           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsmime1           1.4.1-5           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsppdc1           1.4.1-5           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.2.16-2          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgcc1                1:4.4.2-1         GCC support library
ii  libgnutls26            2.8.4-1           the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2       1.7dfsg~beta3-1   MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - k
ii  libijs-0.35            0.35-7            IJS raster image transport protoco
ii  libkrb5-3              1.7dfsg~beta3-1   MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libldap-2.4-2          2.4.17-2          OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libpam0g               1.1.0-4           Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpaper1              1.1.23+nmu1       library for handling paper charact
ii  libpoppler4            0.10.6-1          PDF rendering library
ii  libslp1                1.2.1-7.6         OpenSLP libraries
ii  libstdc++6             4.4.2-1           The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libusb-0.1-4           2:0.1.12-13       userspace USB programming library
ii  lsb-base               3.2-23            Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  perl-modules           5.10.1-5          Core Perl modules
ii  poppler-utils [xpdf-ut 0.12.0-2          PDF utilitites (based on libpopple
ii  procps                 1:3.2.8-2         /proc file system utilities
ii  ssl-cert               1.0.23            simple debconf wrapper for OpenSSL
ii  ttf-freefont           20090104-4        Freefont Serif, Sans and Mono True
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages cups recommends:
pn  cups-driver-gutenprint    <none>         (no description available)
ii  foomatic-filters          4.0-20090509-1 OpenPrinting printer support - fil
pn  ghostscript-cups          <none>         (no description available)

Versions of packages cups suggests:
ii  cups-bsd                  1.4.1-5        Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  cups-pdf                  2.5.0-8        PDF printer for CUPS
pn  cups-ppdc                 <none>         (no description available)
ii  foomatic-db               20090616-1     OpenPrinting printer support - dat
ii  foomatic-db-engine        4.0-20090509-2 OpenPrinting printer support - pro
pn  hplip                     <none>         (no description available)
pn  smbclient                 <none>         (no description available)
ii  udev                      146-5          /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
pn  xpdf-korean | xpdf-japane <none>         (no description available)

-- debconf information:
  cupsys/raw-print: true
  cupsys/backend: ipp, lpd, parallel, scsi, serial, socket, usb, snmp, dnssd





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