> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Dec 14 08:38:10 2000
> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 10:24:10 -0500
> From: John Harper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: LPRng: lpq and remote queues in 3.6.26?
>
> I recently upgraded from LPRng 3.6.22 to 3.6.26 due to the CERT
> advisory, and I've found one annoying difference. We have two user
> machines that funnel jobs to a third server machine; I have
> force_localhost set in the printcap.
> In 3.6.22 an
> lpq -Pcclaser
> would first show the (usually) empty local queue, and then show the
> remote queue where the jobs end up. In 3.6.26 you only see the local
> queue, although
> lpq -Pcclaser@server
> works.
>
> I reinstalled 3.6.22 on one user machine and the old behaviour returned,
> ie the 3.6.22 binaries were able to talk to the 3.6.26 lpd on the server and
> get the remote queue listing. So I gather that it's just the 3.6.26 local
> lpd that doesn't feel like asking the remote for info about the
> destination queue. This does not seem to change if I remove the
> force_localhost, ie the local lpq just checks the local queue, but not
> the remote.
>
> Is this a new feature (I can't seem to find any reference to it in the
> HOWTO, or CHANGES files) and is there some way to recover the old
> behaviour?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Harper
> ------------------------------------
> Academic Computing Coordinator
> University of Toronto at Scarborough
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug. Fixed in LPRng 3.7.2.
The problem was that I had the sense of a test reversed and it
would never test the remote queue.
Patrick Powell
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