[Pkg-xfce-devel] xfprint4 and a2ps package

Yves-Alexis Perez corsac at corsac.net
Sun Oct 21 08:34:15 UTC 2007


On sam, 2007-10-20 at 12:50 +0200, Jean-Luc Lacroix wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> etch
> $ xfprint4 --version
>     This is xfprint version 4.3.99.1 for Xfce 4.3.99.2
>     built with GTK+-2.8.20, linked with GTK+-2.8.20.
>     Currently it uses the CUPS printing system.
> 
> 
> I had some problem printing with xfprint4. Each time I tried to print
> from mousepad, I got a "client-error-bad-request" error message.
> 
> I solved the problem by installing the package a2ps which is only
> suggested with xfprint4. Wouldn't it be better to make it dependent as
> it is impossible to print without it.

Depends: is a *hard* dependency, meaning the package can't even work
without it. I'm not sure I want this dependency added, especially as
it's already Suggest:'ed. Maybe we could Recommend: it.

Regards,
-- 
Yves-Alexis Perez




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