LPRng-style printer spec with CUPS?

[Satish Balay]

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Bryan K. Wright wrote:

> Hi again,
> 
> balay at fastmail.fm said:
> > Install LPRng :). This is what I do. 
> 
> 	For a lot of reasons, that seems like the best thing for me
> to do.  I'm worried about what will break, though.  Here's what
> "rpm -e cups" shows:
> 
>         /usr/bin/lpr is needed by (installed) redhat-lsb-1.3-1
>         cups >= 1.1.17-4 is needed by (installed) system-config-printer-0.6.98-1
>         cups is needed by (installed) libgnomecups-0.1.6-7
>         cups >= 1:1.1.17-10 is needed by (installed) gimp-print-cups-4.2.6-11
> 
> The first dependency would be fixed by installing LPRng, so it's not
> a problem.  The second (system-config-printer) I can live without.
> What about libgnomecups?  Anybody know if it really depends on cups
> being installed, and what will break if libgnomecups breaks?  Finally,
> what about gimp-print-cups?  Can I get gimp-print to work with LPRng
> without recompiling it?

I've installed LPRng along with CUPS. There are a couple of issues with
it.

- CUPS obsoletes LPRng - so if using apt - it will always prompt to
  remove LPRng. (i just stick with yum)

- /etc/printcap is provided by both CUPS & LPRng (causing rpm
  conflict).  I just rebuild LPRng.src.rpm by modifying the specfile

make MAKEPACKAGE=YES
rm -f printcap # modification

Satish