Hi - saw this thread about CUPS, I've seen the same problems since a recent
upgrade, I don't think it's a permissions issue. The clue is in this error
message:
"/etc/cups/${EPREFIX}/usr/libexec/cups/filter/commandtops" file not found
The string "${EPREFIX}" is appearing in that file name unexpanded; i.e. rather
than treating EPREFIX as an environment variable, CUPS is actually looking for
a directory literally called "/etc/cups/${EPREFIX}". This looks like an
install-time bug. I will file a Gentoo bug report if it's not already filed.
But, in the meanwhile, there's a very hackish workaround:
# cd /etc/cups
# ln -s / '${EPREFIX}' # quotes needed!
which will create a symlink
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 May 13 18:11 /etc/cups/${EPREFIX} -> /
After this, the path
"/etc/cups/${EPREFIX}/usr/libexec/cups/filter/commandtops"
will resolve to /usr/libexec/cups/filter/commandtops
and you should have a working CUPS again.
Just a workaround hack, not a nice solution!
Hope this helps,
- Charles
