Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: system-config-printer

When you set a lot of printers and you group them by the GUI using Group->New 
Group, the group label will be created, but all the printers you assign to that 
group by clicking over anyone and selecting in the context menu Add 
group->name_your_group, you would see the printer right set while you keep the 
GUI open; if you close the GUI, next time you start it the group label appers 
but empty.
Nevertheless if you find the printers using the search bar, by location for 
example, and you use the search bar option Save result as group, the group will 
be created, the printers set to it and it would remains each time you start and 
stop the GUI.

I have found that the .printer-groups.xml generated in the first case
has return carriage separating each xml tag from the others, while the
file generated in the second case hasn't any return carriage: all the
xml tags come joinen one each other continuously.

When I replace all the return carriage from the file, all the printers
appears in their groups, so I assume it's a bug in the script that
translate the .printer-groups.xml.

File .printer-groups.xml generated in the first case:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ospm-groups>
  <static-group name="UCI">
    <queues>
      <queue name="IF140029"/>
      <queue name="IX140123"/>
    </queues>
  </static-group>
  <static-group name="La Carlota">
    <queues>
      <queue name="IF140019"/>
    </queues>
  </static-group>
  <static-group name="Almod&#xF3;var del Rio">
    <queues>
      <queue name="IF140023"/>
    </queues>
  </static-group>
</ospm-groups>

File generated in the second and successfully way:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ospm-groups>

<static-group name="Aguilar de la Frontera"><queues><queue
name="IF140024"/><queue name="IX140299"/></queues></static-group
><static-group name="Almodovar del Rio"><queues><queue
name="IF140023"/></queues></static-group><static-group
name="Baena"><queues><queue name="IF140022"/><queue
name="IX140300"/><queue name="IX140301"/></queues></static-group
><static-group name="Bujalance"><queues><queue name="IF140021"/><queue
name="IX140258"/><queue name="IX140317"/></queues></static-group
><static-group name="Cabra"><queues><queue name="IF140020"/><queue
name="IX140125"/><queue name="IX140279"/><queue name="IX140302"/><queue
name="IX140303"/></queues></static-group><static-group name="Cordoba
Norte"><queues><queue name="IF140016"/><queue name="IX140133"/></queues
></static-group><static-group name="Cordoba Sur"><queues><queue
name="IF140017"/><queue name="IX140138"/><queue name="IX140228"/><queue
name="IX140307"/></queues></static-group><static-group name="Cordoba
Colon"><queues><queue name="IF140009"/><queue name="IX140143"/><queue
name="IX140231"/><queue name="IX140304"/></queues></static-group
><static-group name="Cordoba Occidente"><queues><queue
name="IF140015"/><queue name="IX140146"/><queue name="IX140311"/><queue
name="IX140312"/></queues></static-group><static-group name="Cordoba
Lonjas"><queues><queue name="IF140025"/><queue name="IX140127"/><queue
name="IX140135"/><queue name="IX140145"/><queue
name="IX140309"/></queues></static-group><static-group name="Castro del
Rio"><queues><queue name="IF140018"/><queue name="IX140141"/><queue
name="IX140255"/></queues></static-group><static-group name="Carlota,
La"><queues><queue name="IF140019"/></queues></static-group><static-
group name="Fernan Nunhez"><queues><queue name="IF140014"/><queue
name="IX140250"/><queue name="IX140313"/></queues></static-group
><static-group name="Fuente Obejuna"><queues><queue
name="IF140013"/><queue name="IX140249"/></queues></static-group
><static-group name="Fuente Palmera"><queues><queue
name="IF140012"/><queue name="IX140314"/></queues></static-group
><static-group name="Hinojosa"><queues><queue name="IF140011"/><queue
name="IX140124"/><queue name="IX140315"/></queues></static-group
><static-group name="Lucena"><queues><queue name="IF140010"/><queue
name="IX140150"/><queue name="IX140246"/><queue
name="IX140275"/></queues></static-group><static-group
name="Montilla"><queues><queue name="IF140027"/><queue
name="IX140151"/><queue name="IX140265"/><queue
name="IX140289"/></queues></static-group><static-group
name="Montoro"><queues><queue name="IF140008"/><queue
name="IX140220"/><queue name="IX140276"/><queue
name="IX140306"/></queues></static-group><static-group name="Palma del
Rio"><queues><queue name="IF140026"/><queue name="IX140221"/><queue
name="IX140263"/><queue name="IX140266"/><queue name="IX140267"/><queue
name="IX140283"/></queues></static-group><static-group
name="Penharroya"><queues><queue name="IF140028"/><queue
name="IX140222"/></queues></static-group><static-group
name="Posadas"><queues><queue name="IF140007"/><queue
name="IX140130"/><queue name="IX140269"/></queues></static-group
><static-group name="Pozoblanco"><queues><queue name="IF140006"/><queue
name="IF140234"/><queue name="IX140242"/><queue
name="IX140270"/></queues></static-group><static-group name="Priego de
Cordoba"><queues><queue name="IX140223"/><queue name="IX140224"/><queue
name="IX140271"/></queues></static-group><static-group name="Puente
Genil"><queues><queue name="IX140240"/><queue name="IX140272"/></queues
></static-group><static-group name="Rambla, La"><queues><queue
name="IF140003"/><queue name="IX140239"/><queue
name="IX140273"/></queues></static-group><static-group
name="Rute"><queues><queue name="IF140002"/><queue
name="IX140149"/></queues></static-group><static-group name="Villanueva
de Cordoba"><queues><queue name="IF140001"/><queue
name="IX140237"/></queues></static-group><static-group name="DP
UCI"><queues><queue name="IF140029"/><queue name="IX140123"/></queues
></static-group><static-group name="DP Reconocimiento"><queues
/></static-group><static-group name="DP Cobros Indebidos"><queues
/></static-group><static-group name="DP Control y Sanciones"><queues
/></static-group><static-group name="DP Nominas"><queues/></static-group
></ospm-groups>

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: system-config-printer-gnome 1.2.0+20100408-0ubuntu5.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-27.49-generic-pae 2.6.32.26+drm33.12
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-27-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Dec 21 15:33:40 2010
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq dc7800p Small Form Factor
PackageArchitecture: all
Papersize: a4
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=6bfc7b6f-8fd1-41b9-977d-d5f6a1141e5c ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=es_ES:es:en_GB:en
 LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: system-config-printer
dmi.bios.date: 07/18/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 786F1 v01.04
dmi.board.asset.tag: CZC8291H4T
dmi.board.name: 0AA8h
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CZC8291H4T
dmi.chassis.type: 4
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: 
dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr786F1v01.04:bd07/18/2007:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaqdc7800pSmallFormFactor:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn0AA8h:rvr:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct4:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP Compaq dc7800p Small Form Factor
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

** Affects: system-config-printer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid

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