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[Pascal De Vuyst <pascal.devuyst@xxxxxxxxx>]

Both hardy and lucid are no longer supported, closing...

** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  /usr/share/ppd/1-local-admin exists after hardy -> lucid upgrade, not
  showing splix drivers

Status in cups package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: cups

  Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
  cups 1.4.3-1
  splix 2.0.0-2ubuntu3
  system-config-printer-gnome 1.2.0+20100408-0ubuntu5.2

  I recently upgraded my laptop (info provided from apport) from Hardy
  8.04 LTS to Lucid 10.04 LTS through dist-upgrade. I then attempted to
  add my Samsung ML-2510 printer originally connected to a Windows
  machine. After being unsuccessful, I directly connected it via USB to
  my laptop. No Samsung ML-2510 model was listed when I attempted to add
  the printer through system-config-printer. I had used one of the
  ML-2550 drivers on 8.04, but this wasn't working. I then connected the
  printer via USB to my sister's laptop with a fresh install of 10.04.
  Amazingly, ML-2510 was listed in system-config-printer with the SpliX
  PPD driver. I selected it and the printer worked just fine.

  So the issue seems to be that the SpliX drivers are not listed after
  upgrading from 8.04 to 10.04, but it does appear on a fresh install. I
  attempted to reinstall the splix 2.0.0-2ubuntu3 package on my laptop.
  I verified that the /usr/share/ppd/splix directory had the appropriate
  .ppd files on both laptops. After further comparing the contents of
  /usr/share/ppd on both laptops, I realized that mine (upgraded from
  8.04) had two symlinks not present on the fresh install: 1-local-
  admin, 2-third-party. After removing the 1-local-admin file, system-
  config-printer now lists the ML-2510 SpliX driver.

  I found in this changelog http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/c/cups/cups_1.4.2-9/changelog an entry for 1.4.0~svn8773-1:
    * debian/cups.postinst: Do not create the /usr/share/ppd/1-local-admin
      and /usr/share/ppd/2-third-party links. They are not needed with current
      CUPS and they also break the test procedure during package build.

  I guess this would explain why the fresh install didn't have these
  symlinks present, but since they were present on my 8.04 install, they
  apparently were not removed during the upgrade.

  I don't know why the presence of the 1-local-admin file caused the
  SpliX drivers to not be displayed in 10.04. As for the bug, it seems
  the upgrade process of cups packages (or whatever package is
  appropriate) should maybe remove these symlinks if they exist. I'm not
  sure what process would remove these, but it seems broken the way it
  is now.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: cups 1.4.3-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat May 29 20:23:16 2010
  Lpstat:
   device for PDF_file_generator: cups-pdf:/
   device for Samsung-ML-2510: smb://192.168.0.6/ML2510
  MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite A135
  Papersize: letter
  PccardctlIdent:
   Socket 0:
     no product info available
  PccardctlStatus:
   Socket 0:
     no card
  PpdFiles:
   PDF_file_generator: Generic PDF file generator
   Samsung-ML-2510: Samsung ML-2510, SpliX V. 2.0.0
  ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=ff8ac57a-01cc-4753-9344-47e7c262942f ro quiet splash vga=791
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: cups
  dmi.bios.date: 07/05/2007
  dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA
  dmi.bios.version: V1.60
  dmi.board.name: IAKAA
  dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
  dmi.board.version: 1.00
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: *
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA
  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:bvrV1.60:bd07/05/2007:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteA135:pvrPSAD0U-0NY00N:rvnTOSHIBA:rnIAKAA:rvr1.00:cvnTOSHIBA:ct10:cvrN/A:
  dmi.product.name: Satellite A135
  dmi.product.version: PSAD0U-0NY00N
  dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA

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