On Sun 10 Apr 2022 at 10:05:09 -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2022-04-10 at 09:54, Brian wrote: > > > The snmp backend is not installed in the location I gave but has > > to be moved there. Do either > > > > mv /usr/lib/cups/backend-available/snmp /usr/lib/cups/backend/snmp > > > > or > > > > dpkg-reconfigure cups > > I've never taken specific action in either of these directions, but on > my machine, this file exists in both of those locations. I suspect that > they're actually hardlinked together. > > I imagine that this is probably the result of my choosing a particular > option when configuring CUPS in the first place, but I have no > recollection of what option that might have been, nor even specifically > of having been given any CUPS-related prompts when installing this system. > > The point of which is: it's possible that the default for this might > actually now be to have this enabled.
TBH, I am not in the mood for deciphering postinst files for cups and cups-daemon. If the snmp backend file is not where it is on ny stable and unstable machines, it is easy enough to adjust. OTOH, reports of the technique I suggested are more than welcome. -- Brian.