Armin K. wrote: > On 08/03/2012 09:59 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> >> I'm not sure why we would need to host files that are available at >> openprinting.org. Is it just that you want to lock in a developemnt >> version? >> > > Well, those are snapshots, and are always named after the current day, > ie for today, package name is foomatic-db-4.0-20120803.tar.gz. There are > also two files, foomatic-db-4.0-current.tar.gz and > foomatic-db-current.tar.gz, which are possibly symlinks to > date-versioned one. I guess we could use -current, but ... If some > change occours, we might not be prepared. That's why I asked to have > some snapshot on the servers and write and/or correct instructions for > that one only.
OK, I'll get those and copy them to anduin. >> BTW, I have a postscript printer (HP) that also understands PCL. Is >> there something you would like tested? I generally run the printer off >> my wife's computer, but I can switch it to my LFS development system for >> testing. The printer is parallel only and I use a parallel<->usb >> converter cable, but my development system can use either parallel or usb. > Well, any help (it works or not) is welcome. Paralel and serial backends > are also dropped from Cups and moved into cups-backends package. I'll > see if I can get done new instructions tomorrow so you can see if that > setup actually works. I don't have any printer, I just look at > documentation and try to incorporate any new changes. OK, I'll test what you come up with. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
