Bug persists in Ubuntu 18.04/bionic: # ls /etc/cups ls: cannot access '/etc/cups': No such file or directory
# apt-get install cups-client Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: cups-common libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libcups2 libcupsfilters1 libcupsimage2 libjbig0 libjpeg-turbo8 libjpeg8 libtiff5 Suggested packages: cups xpp cups-bsd smbclient The following NEW packages will be installed: cups-client cups-common libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libcups2 libcupsfilters1 libcupsimage2 libjbig0 libjpeg-turbo8 libjpeg8 libtiff5 0 upgraded, 12 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 1,043 kB of archives. After this operation, 6,575 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] [...] Setting up libcupsfilters1:amd64 (1.20.2-0ubuntu3) ... Setting up libcupsimage2:amd64 (2.2.7-1ubuntu2.1) ... Setting up cups-client (2.2.7-1ubuntu2.1) ... Adding group `lpadmin' (GID 111) ... Done. Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ... # ls /etc/cups ls: cannot access '/etc/cups': No such file or directory ** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/557818 Title: cups-client does not create /etc/cups directory, let alone client.conf To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/557818/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs