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Re: comment and questions about the current 'comps' file for 5.2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jacob Strauss)
Tue Feb 9 20:13:58 1999
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 20:13:48 -0500
From: Jacob Strauss <jastr@MIT.EDU>
To: warlord@MIT.EDU
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
>> > we want to have installed by default. I was wondering if we should
>> > remove the 'lpr' package more thoroughly? I don't know how much it
>> > conflicts with athena-lpr, in particular in the Printer Support
>> > component.
>>
>> We want to have local printer support available
>> and easy to set up using printtool. For this,
>> the local lpr stuff is possibly crucial.
>> I could be wrong, but it's worth testing.
>
>Can someone test if printtool will work with the athena-lpr package?
>It would be nice if we can just replace lpr with athena-lpr in all
>cases.
I have both athena-lpr and lpr installed with the 5.2 beta. Athena-lpr
does not work with my local printer, though the athena versions of
lpq and lpc do work with it. With both packages installed, printtool does
work. However, /usr/athena/bin/lpr only works with athena printers,
and /usr/bin/lpr only works with local printers. /usr/athena/bin/lpr
always complains that the local queue is disabled:
<20:06>rothenburg:~ % which lpr
/usr/athena/bin/lpr
<20:06>rothenburg:~ % lpr -Plp foo.ps
Printer queue is disabled.
<20:07>rothenburg:~ % lpc status
lp:
queuing is enabled
printing is enabled
no entries
no daemon present
It'd be nice if athena-lpr worked, as that would make it much simpler,
but the lpr package seems to be necessary for local printers.
(I could also have something installed wrong, but I haven't changed
any of the defaults other than to run printool.)
-Jacob
