[Pkg-hpijs-devel] Bug#610928: Backward compatibility script needed for HP PPD upgrade

[Kevin Shanahan]

Package: hpijs-ppds
Version: 3.10.6-1.1

On upgrade from Lenny to Squeeze a number of our printer queues
stopped working with the following error logged:

D [24/Jan/2011:08:54:10 +1030] [Job 449496] prnt/hpcups/HPCupsFilter.cpp 361: DEBUG: Bad PPD - hpPrinterLanguage not found
D [24/Jan/2011:08:54:10 +1030] [Job 449496] prnt/backend/hp.c 839: ERROR: null print job total=0

The upgrade also reset the default paper size to weird values on a
bunch of other HP printers. I found this info on the redhat bugzilla:

  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579355

I grabbed a copy of hpijs-3.10.9-1.fc12.x86_64.rpm, extracted the
hpcups-update-ppds script and ran it. This fixed all the issues caused
by the upgrade. Debian should have something like this for Squeeze.

Regards,
Kevin