You are right. Sorry for bothering you. Too bad the cheap (388k) and priority:standard package lpr must give way to the expensive (4156k) and priority:extra package lprng, or worse.
-- g.b. On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 09:07:56AM -0500, Chris Lawrence wrote: > The newest LSB specification requires /usr/bin/lp to be available - > and the BSD-derived lpr package doesn't support/include it. > > > Chris > > On 11/30/05, giuseppe bonacci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Package: lsb-core > > Version: 3.0-11 > > Severity: important > > > > > > - lsb-core depends on (lpr) AND (lprng | cupsys-client) > > - lprng and cupsys-client conflict with lpr > > - lprng and cupsys-bsd provide lpr > > > > as a result, installing lsb-core (or any of the lsb-* packages that depend > > on lsb-core) forces removing lpr in favour of lprng or (cupsys-client + > > cupsys-bsd), which is both useless and annoying. > > > > why doesn't lsb-core depend simply on (lpr | cupsys-client)? > > > > best regards > > -- gb > > > > -- System Information: > > Debian Release: testing/unstable > > APT prefers testing > > APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') > > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686-smp > > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) > > > > Versions of packages lsb-core depends on: > > ii alien 8.59 install non-native packages > > with d > > ii at 3.1.9 Delayed job execution and > > batch pr > > ii bc 1.06-19 The GNU bc arbitrary precision > > cal > > ii binutils 2.16.1-2 The GNU assembler, linker and > > bina > > ii bsdmainutils 6.1.2 collection of more utilities > > from > > ii bsdutils 1:2.12p-8 Basic utilities from > > 4.4BSD-Lite > > ii cpio 2.6-9 GNU cpio -- a program to > > manage ar > > ii cron 3.0pl1-92 management of regular > > background p > > ii debconf [debconf 1.4.59 Debian configuration > > management sy > > ii ed 0.2-20 The classic unix line editor > > ii exim4-daemon-lig 4.54-2 lightweight exim MTA (v4) > > daemon > > ii file 4.15-2 Determines file type using > > "magic" > > ii libc6 2.3.5-8 GNU C Library: Shared > > libraries an > > ii libc6-dev [libc- 2.3.5-8 GNU C Library: Development > > Librari > > ii locales 2.3.5-8 GNU C Library: National > > Language ( > > ii lprng [lpr] 3.8.28-3.0.1 lpr/lpd printer spooling system > > ii lsb-base 3.0-11 Linux Standard Base 3.0 init > > scrip > > ii lsb-release 3.0-11 Linux Standard Base version > > report > > ii m4 1.4.4-1 a macro processing language > > ii mailx 1:8.1.2-0.20050715cvs-1 A simple mail user agent > > ii make 3.80-11 The GNU version of the "make" > > util > > ii man-db 2.4.3-3 The on-line manual pager > > ii mawk 1.3.3-11 a pattern scanning and text > > proces > > ii ncurses-term 5.5-1 Additional terminal type > > definitio > > ii passwd 1:4.0.13-7 change and administer password > > and > > ii patch 2.5.9-2 Apply a diff file to an > > original > > ii pax 1:1.5-15 Portable Archive Interchange > > ii procps 1:3.2.5-1 /proc file system utilities > > ii psmisc 21.8-1 Utilities that use the proc > > filesy > > ii python 2.3.5-3 An interactive high-level > > object-o > > ii rsync 2.6.6-1 fast remote file copy program > > (lik > > ii zlib1g [libz1] 1:1.2.3-8 compression library - runtime > > > > lsb-core recommends no packages. > > > > -- debconf information excluded > > > > > > > -- > Chris Lawrence - http://blog.lordsutch.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
