FS#50896 - [cups] client.conf is not deprecated and should not be removed from the package
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Opened by Baptiste (zorun) - Monday, 26 September 2016, 11:10 GMT
Last edited by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Monday, 26 September 2016, 14:37 GMT
Opened by Baptiste (zorun) - Monday, 26 September 2016, 11:10 GMT
Last edited by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Monday, 26 September 2016, 14:37 GMT
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Details
Upgrading to libcups-2.2.0-3 causes /etc/cups/client.conf to
be copied as /etc/cups/client.conf.pacsave, because this
file was removed from the package.
The package changelog at https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/commit/trunk?h=packages/cups&id=41fefa22ac5189d726e0e35e2f87ad12fa2855f3 mentions: "upstream update 2.2.0; drop deprecated client.conf". However, I see no indication in the upstream changelog that this file has been deprecated. In fact, it's still very useful when using a remote Cups server, by setting "ServerName printserver.xxx.yy" in /etc/cups/client.conf. Unless there is an alternative method to do exactly the same thing, I believe this file should be included back into the package. There is one mention of deprecation in the man page client.conf(5), but this only relates to OS X, not Linux: "The client.conf file is deprecated on macOS and will no longer be supported in a future version of CUPS." |
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Closed by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Monday, 26 September 2016, 14:37 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't fix
Monday, 26 September 2016, 14:37 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't fix
http://lists.cups.org/pipermail/cups/2015-October/027226.html
I'm going to also remove the client.conf manpage to avoid confusion. Yes it is still working but not intended to be used and not recommended in any way anymore.