On Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 05:21:31PM -0500, Reid Priedhorsky wrote: > On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 12:00:07 +0200, Dale Amon wrote: > > > > I'd like a black and white clarification of the impact > > of the change so I know for certain whether to be > > incredibly pissed off at the packager or not: > > > > "If I were to dselect today, would I still > > be able to print to file a website page > > as ps?" [Y/N] > > As far as I can tell, the answer to this is a big fat maybe. It depends on > whether Xprint works for you -- Xprint generates the same postscript > whether you print to a file or to a printer, so whether you can get this > far (and whether the postscript is okay) depends on whether you have the > magic touch on Xprint. > > You have to try Xprint to see if it works for you. > > IMO, you should be pissed at the package manager, for removing a print > path that works for many, whose replacement does not work for some, > with claimed reasons being that the old way doesn't work for everyone > (neither does the new one) and that it is insecure (which so far, no one > has shown any real evidence of). > > Sure, I can roll my own package or grab the upstream, but I use Debian for > its fabulous package management. I don't want to mess with tracking > versions or rebuilding the deb regularly.
I had some upgrades planned for my workstation so I ran the following test: * I cloned my current system disk so I could restore the system if the test failed... * I did a sid upgrade via dselect, package status as of July 12, evening GMT. * printed a web page to ps file * printed a web page to an HP printer The test was successful. I'm going to be keeping a backup copy of the system disk though, just in case something happens and I have to back out a dselect that breaks something mission critical to me... -- ------------------------------------------------------ Dale Amon [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44-7802-188325 International linux systems consultancy Hardware & software system design, security and networking, systems programming and Admin "Have Laptop, Will Travel" ------------------------------------------------------ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]