[Expired for system-config-printer (Ubuntu) because there has been no
activity for 60 days.]
** Changed in: system-config-printer (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Expired
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/283895
Title:
system-config-printer needs awareness of ~/.cups/lpoptions (as of
8.04)
Status in system-config-printer package in Ubuntu:
Expired
Bug description:
Binary package hint: system-config-printer
As of the version shipped with Ubuntu 8.04, system-config-printer
(System->Administration->Printing) does not check for, and is not
aware of, "personal" ~/.cups/lpoptions files. With system-config-
printer oblivious, the UI does not accurately reflect reality.
Specifically: A user may have created a ~/.cups/lpoptions file by
using lpoptions -d or other mechanisms. As system-config-printer
exists today, the personal lpoptions file will silently override any
settings, such as default printer, made in the system-config-printer
GUI.
If ~/.cups/lpoptions exists, looking at both system-config-printer and
the global CUPS configuration (localhost:631) will show the global
setting with no hint that the current user has overridden the setting.
Suggested resolution: In the short term, add a test for
~/.cups/lpoptions, and if it exists show a warning such as "The file
~/.cups/lpoptions exists and may override any settings shown or made
here." Possibly with "Show contents" and "Remove this file?" options.
In the long term, there seems to be some demand for both global and
local options in the GUI per bug 127071. That would require the GUI
to be much smarter about local lpoptions, where exactly the settings
are being stored, and which ones are effective/being shown at a
particular time.
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