Collins Richey wrote:
>
> On Sunday 04 February 2001 14:42, David G. Grier wrote:
> > On Sun, 4 Feb 2001, Peter Spotts wrote:
> > > Folks,
> > >
> > > Before upgrading CUP, my printer was working just fine. After upgrading
> > > CUP and QTCUP via the Mandrake update utility, my system no longer can
> > > find my CUP server.
> > [snip]
> >
> > Mandrake Update doesn't automatically download the new and necessary
> > cups-common-1.1.6-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
> > libcups1-1.1.6-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
> > and the nice, but not necessary
> > libcups-devel-1.1.6-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
> > You'll have to ftp over to an update mirror and get these by hand,
> > install them with
> >
> > > rpm -Uvh libcups* cups-common*
> >
> > and then get it working with
> >
> > > service cups restart
> >
> > Update doesn't do this automatically because they're new files and
> > so not already on your system (and hence not recognized as being
> > desirable).
> >
>
> Sounds like an "opportunity" for the Mandrake folks. Why doesn't (can't)
> Mandrake Update recognize this situation and drag in the necessary
> supporting rpms. Still better, why can't the developers actually try the
> rpms on a real live 7.2 system and thus avoid the problem for the
> unsuspecting masses?
>
> --
> Collins Richey
> Denver Area
>
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Or was this made known by the very fact that we are able to access their
development and cooker archives. I'm sure they look over the message
logs in their database and assign key topics for their developers to
handle.
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