On 08/13/09 05:46 PM, Ghee Teo wrote:
> On 08/13/09 04:38, Alfred Peng wrote:
>> Hi Nic,
>>
>> Not sure we can help for this issue.
>>
>> The test we've done with regards to Firefox printing is for papi
>> backend. Several papi bugs were fixed in Solaris 10U6 and Firefox papi
>> backend started to work after that. Since CUPS isn't shipped with
>> Solaris 10, we haven't done any test for the Firefox cups backend
>> support yet.
>>   
> Since Firefox on Solaris 10U6 delivers its own copy of gtk+, for CUPS
> support it should install CUPS on the build environment before
> building gtk+. Without which, the CUPS backend will not be generated.
> However, installing a CUPS backend on a Solaris 10U6 or above that
> does have CUPS itself installed causes the applications to crash. This
> means, CUPS supports on Solaris 10U6 and above is really use at your
> own risks. I recommend the Firefox base team not to ship the CUPS
> print backend on Solaris 10 even it is buildable. OpenSolaris though
> supports both CUPS and LP.
> May be Will can confirm.
Hi Ghee,

Thanks for the information. We don't ship CUPS print backend for Firefox
on Solaris 10. It's provided as a separate binary.

-Alfred
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