196967 – net-print/cups doesn't install /etc/cups/client.conf

Bug 196967 - net-print/cups doesn't install /etc/cups/client.conf

Summary: net-print/cups doesn't install /etc/cups/client.conf

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Printing Team

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Reported:	2007-10-24 20:53 UTC by Tiziano Müller (RETIRED)
Modified:	2008-04-14 20:56 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Tiziano Müller (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-10-24 20:53:06 UTC

There are some applications which don't find a printer service when the client.conf is unavailable (mainly java-apps, for example the Maple frontend).
The file can only contain the following:

ServerName localhost

... and the apps are happy.

Comment 1 Jan Kohnert 2008-03-21 14:03:06 UTC

I can confirm that bug.

I currently update my network printer configuration and on two machines containing older installs (recently updated, of course) do have client.conf available, but another machine containing a quiet fresh install does not have it.

I guess, an older version of cups installed that file and it got never update/overwritten from some point.

As the gentoo printer configuration manual refers to that file, I think it's neccessary to fix that bug.

Many thanks, Jan

Comment 2 Timo Gurr (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-04-14 20:56:02 UTC

Once read that the client.conf is considered rather deprecated but since I coulnd't find the reference anymore we added it back in one of our recent cups 1.3 bumps for now -> fixed. :)