Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 21:09:01 -0700 From: "John Merryweather Cooper" <johnmary@adelphia.net> To: "FreeBSD gnats submit" <FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org> Subject: ports/70195: [SW-BUG] Every update of print/cups-base overwrites the configuration files Message-ID: <1092024541.0@68-234-62-219.losaca.adelphia.net> Resent-Message-ID: <200408090410.i794ALLT007485@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 70195
>Category: ports
>Synopsis: [SW-BUG] Every update of print/cups-base overwrites the configuration files
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs
>State: open
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>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon Aug 09 04:10:21 GMT 2004
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>Last-Modified:
>Originator: John Merryweather Cooper
>Release: FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #17: Thu Aug 5 01:32:19 PDT 2004
root@68-234-62-219.losaca.adelphia.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ATHLON-TBIRD
>Description:
To print graphics (i.e., from Gimp), or for best performance serving Windows clients, raw printing should be enabled. The default for /usr/local/etc/cups/mime.convs and /usr/local/etc/cups/mime.types is to disable raw printing. That's fine, only one line changes to each file are necessary to enable raw printing. However, each recompile or update of print/cups-base overwrites these two files--disabling printing on my network.
>How-To-Repeat:
Convigure mime.convs and mime.types for raw printing. Re-install print/cups-base and watch as it overwrites your configuration file--breaking your configuration--100% of the time.
>Fix:
Workaround: I maintain backup copies of mime.convs and mime.types. When print/cups-base overwrites these files, I overwrite the overwrites. :)
A better solution would be to teach print/cups-base not to modify these files if they already exist. These two files are crucial to a properly working CUPS server.
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