Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 23:21:38 -0500 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net> Cc: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl>, "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net>, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>, FreeBSD ports list <ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ports/33777: samba WITH_CUPS pulls in cups meta-port, not cups-base Message-ID: <0c0365421040c12FE4@mail4.nc.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20020112040423.GA43402@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> References: <20020111021009.A77067@shumai.marcuscom.com> <0a1915053030c12FE8@mail8.nc.rr.com> <20020112040423.GA43402@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>
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On Friday 11 January 2002 11:04 pm, Alan Eldridge wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 10:53:40PM -0500, Brian T. Schellenberger wrote:
> >On Friday 11 January 2002 09:55 am, Alan Eldridge wrote:
> >> This change was mainly to stop the "CUPS broke my printing" threads
> >> that show up from time to time (usually directed at KDE, but we have
> >> fixed that, since KDE really doesn't need cups-lpr).
> >
> >I personally think it is -very- surprising to have a SAMBA (or KDE)
> > install suddenly break a printing setup that has been working for years,
> > and it would
>
> 1. Printing is not broken by KDE installations.
>
> 2. After the last committed patch, nothing is broken by a samba install.
>
> 3. After my most recently submitted patch, full cups support is provided
> by samba without affecting users who do not use it, just as it is in KDE.
Very cool. Thanks.
>
> ANNOUNCEMENT: There are now no ports that use CUPS which will cause
> any unanticipated, suprising, disruptive, indigestive, uncooperative,
> icky, hairy, or purple things with big warts and fangs to happen to
> your system when they are built or installed. Of course, if you do a
> "make -DFSCK_MY_SYSTEM_UP", then all bets are off. ;)
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