Bug 247795

Summary:	net-print/cups-1.3.8-r2 - web interface removes config options
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	DEMAINE Benoît-Pierre, aka DoubleHP <dhp_gentoo>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Printing Team <printing>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	2007.0
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/doc-1.3/overview.html
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description DEMAINE Benoît-Pierre, aka DoubleHP 2008-11-20 17:47:20 UTC

Stop cups, edit manually /etc/cups/printers.conf and add, for example:
JobRetryInterval 60
JobRetryLimit 999

in some printer, start cups

Go on http://localhost:631/ , Printers, set printer option, change something (or just click any set printer option without changing it), edit the conf again: settings are gone.

An other way to phrase it: using the webinterface overrides any manual setting.

These options should be supported by cups 1.3, according to http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/doc-1.4/ref-cupsd-conf.html and I can not use them, because if I insert them in the conf, and, later, make a change using web interface, I will have a conf breakage.

Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-11-21 01:55:48 UTC

[URL] would suggest that you only use the web interface to set up a printer once...

Comment 2 Timo Gurr (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-11-21 09:45:30 UTC

There's nothing we can fix here, it's how CUPS works. If you want it to be changed you should file an upstream bugreport over at their bugtracker:
http://www.cups.org/str.php