[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#572002: cups fail to parse documented "Allow ip/netmask"

[Helge Hafting]

Package: cups
Version: 1.4.2-4
Severity: normal


"man cupsd.conf" says I can write allow-directives like this:

   Allow ip-address/netmask

So I entered:

 Allow 10.10.0.10/255.255.0.0

Cups failed to parse this, logged an error, and refused to start up.
Adding some spaces helps though, this works:

 Allow 10.10.0.10 / 255.255.0.0

But documentation does not require spaces. This is not flexible, so the
best fix is to allow what the documentation says. Second best, to change the
docs to match reality.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (700, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.33-rc5 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nb_NO.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages cups depends on:
ii  adduser                3.112             add and remove users and groups
ii  bc                     1.06.95-2         The GNU bc arbitrary precision cal
ii  cups-client            1.4.2-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  cups-common            1.4.2-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.28            Debian configuration management sy
ii  ghostscript            8.70~dfsg-2.1     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                  2.10.2-2          GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcups2               1.4.1-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupscgi1            1.4.2-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsdriver1         1.4.2-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsimage2          1.4.1-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsmime1           1.4.2-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsppdc1           1.4.2-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.2.16-2          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgcc1                1:4.4.2-9         GCC support library
ii  libgnutls26            2.8.4-2           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          2.4.17-1          OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libpam0g               1.1.0-4           Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpaper1              1.1.23+nmu1       library for handling paper charact
ii  libpoppler5            0.12.2-2          PDF rendering library
ii  libslp1                1.2.1-7.6         OpenSLP libraries
ii  libstdc++6             4.4.2-9           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           5.10.1-9          Core Perl modules
ii  poppler-utils          0.12.2-2          PDF utilitites (based on libpopple
ii  procps                 1:3.2.8-2         /proc file system utilities
ii  ssl-cert               1.0.25            simple debconf wrapper for OpenSSL
ii  ttf-freefont           20090104-5        Freefont Serif, Sans and Mono True
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages cups recommends:
ii  cups-driver-gutenprint    5.2.4-1        printer drivers for CUPS
ii  foomatic-filters          4.0-20090509-1 OpenPrinting printer support - fil
ii  ghostscript-cups          8.71~dfsg-1    The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF

Versions of packages cups suggests:
ii  cups-bsd               1.4.2-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  cups-pdf               2.5.0-12          PDF printer for CUPS
ii  cups-ppdc              1.4.2-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  foomatic-db            20090616-1        OpenPrinting printer support - dat
ii  foomatic-db-engine     4.0-20090509-1+b1 OpenPrinting printer support - pro
ii  hplip                  3.9.12-2          HP Linux Printing and Imaging Syst
ii  smbclient              2:3.4.5~dfsg-2    command-line SMB/CIFS clients for 
ii  udev                   150-2             /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
pn  xpdf-korean | xpdf-jap <none>            (no description available)

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