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Date:      Sun, 20 Mar 2016 16:07:48 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Tijl Coosemans <tijl@FreeBSD.org>
To:        ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r411457 - head
Message-ID:  <201603201607.u2KG7mLe074807@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: tijl
Date: Sun Mar 20 16:07:48 2016
New Revision: 411457
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/411457

Log:
  - Add more information about USB printers to the 20160311 cups entry.
  - Clarify the 20160311 HPLIP entry a bit.
  
  PR:		207939

Modified:
  head/UPDATING

Modified: head/UPDATING
==============================================================================
--- head/UPDATING	Sun Mar 20 15:58:24 2016	(r411456)
+++ head/UPDATING	Sun Mar 20 16:07:48 2016	(r411457)
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ you update your ports collection, before
   HPLIP has been updated to verion 3.16.2.  As part of the update support
   for the hpijs/foomatic-rip filter has been dropped.  This has long been
   unsupported upstream.  If you used this filter with your printer you'll
-  have to reconfigure it.
+  have to remove the printer with HP Device Manager and then add it back as
+  a new device.
 
 20160311:
   AFFECTS: print/cups-base, print/cups-client, print/cups-image
@@ -33,6 +34,18 @@ you update your ports collection, before
   update is to delete these packages first and then build and install
   print/cups.
 
+  The device URI of USB printers has changed so you have to adjust the
+  printer configuration.  Go to http://localhost:631/printers/.  Click on
+  your printer and select "Modify Printer" in the Administration drop-down.
+  You should then be able to select the new URI of the printer.  The web
+  interface requires cookies and JavaScript to function properly so make
+  sure your browser does not block them.
+
+  The package also installs a devd(8) configuration file now that gives
+  cups access to USB printers.  Unless you have any special needs you can
+  remove any devd(8), devfs.conf(5) or devfs.rules(5) configuration related
+  to cups that you may have added in the past.
+
 20160306:
   AFFECTS: net-mgmt/yaf
   AUTHOR: pi@FreeBSD.org



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