[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#695601: cups-client: Printing while the printer is offline results in a defunct process

[Matthias Beier]

Package: cups-client
Version: 1.4.4-7+squeeze1
Severity: important

The printout works (of course), if you switch the Printer on.
If you don't switch it on, the defunct processes accumulate,
and you wonder on shutting down the machine, where do all these
processes, that cannot be killed, stem from.
I'm sometimes too lazy, to fulfill the printjobs, when I issue 
them. I wait, until a dozen printjobs arised, then I switch the
printer on. It's a networked printer.
Regards
Matthias

-- System Information:
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Debian Release: 6.0.6
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages cups-client depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.112+nmu2       add and remove users and groups
ii  cups-common             1.4.4-7+squeeze1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libc6                   2.11.3-4         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcups2                1.4.4-7+squeeze1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsimage2           1.4.4-7+squeeze1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

cups-client recommends no packages.

Versions of packages cups-client suggests:
ii  cups                    1.4.4-7+squeeze1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  cups-bsd                1.4.4-7+squeeze1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
pn  cups-pt                 <none>           (no description available)
pn  gtklp                   <none>           (no description available)
pn  kdeprint                <none>           (no description available)
pn  xpp                     <none>           (no description available)

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