[Expired for cups (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60
days.]
** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Expired
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1072506
Title:
cupsd.conf should not be a dpkg conffile
Status in cups package in Ubuntu:
Expired
Bug description:
The cups package ships a default config at /etc/cups/cupsd.conf as a
dpkg conffile, and the CUPS server modifies this file automatically
when settings are changed through GUI tools (e.g., system-config-
printer-gnome). When the user upgrades to a later version of Ubuntu,
there is virtually always a conflict on this conffile if they have
changed any server settings (e.g., enabling printer sharing), and the
user is presented with a dpkg keep/replace dialog.
This is a problem because if the user was not technically savvy enough
to modify the config by hand in the first place, then they are
certainly not technically savvy enough to understand the conffile
keep/replace dialog. This makes upgrading Ubuntu scary for non-
technical users.
Since the cupsd.conf format does not seem to be undergoing significant
churn, the simplest solution is probably for cupsd.conf to not be a
conffile, which can be achieved easily:
- Stop shipping /etc/cups/cupsd.conf. Continue to ship
/etc/cups/cupsd.conf.default.
- In package postinst, if /etc/cups/cupsd.conf does not exist, copy
/etc/cups/cupsd.conf.default to /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.
If the cupsd.conf format undergoes breaking changes in the future, the
postinst could rewrite /etc/cups/cupsd.conf upon upgrade.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: cups 1.6.1-0ubuntu11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Oct 28 16:21:46 2012
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-04-30 (547 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
Lpstat:
device for Brother-MFC-7220:
ipp://192.168.1.100:631/printers/Brother-MFC-7220
device for Brother-MFC-7220-local: usb://Brother/MFC-7220?serial=000M9N259310
MachineType: System76, Inc. Serval Professional
MarkForUpload: True
Papersize: letter
PpdFiles:
Brother-MFC-7220: Brother MFC7220 for CUPS
Brother-MFC-7220-local: Brother MFC7220 for CUPS
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic
root=UUID=355c2248-a24b-4840-8000-e563ad9d0727 ro quiet splash pcie_aspm=off
SourcePackage: cups
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-21 (7 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 06/01/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 4.6.4
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Applicable
dmi.board.name: Serval Professional
dmi.board.vendor: System76, Inc.
dmi.board.version: serp7
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: System76, Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: serp7
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr4.6.4:bd06/01/2011:svnSystem76,Inc.:pnServalProfessional:pvrserp7:rvnSystem76,Inc.:rnServalProfessional:rvrserp7:cvnSystem76,Inc.:ct10:cvrserp7:
dmi.product.name: Serval Professional
dmi.product.version: serp7
dmi.sys.vendor: System76, Inc.
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