Re: Status of the LPR package
Michael Stone writes ("Re: Status of the LPR package"):
>Quoting Sergey V Kovalyov (sqk0316@SCIRES.ACF.NYU.EDU):
>> The RedHat's version has one important feature that debian's leack. When
>> the printer is remote, debian lpr ignores all filters. So if you have an
>> HP with JetDirect card, you're stuck. I had to install RedHat's rpm using
>> alien.
>> So it might be good idea to take their version as a basis.
>
>FWIW, lprng does this. (already packaged)
Alas, I have found lprng to be sorely incompatible with traditional
lpr (in this case, SunOS 4.1.3, and for that matter Debian 1.3). And
don't tell me about compatibility fields in /etc/printcap or setuid
bits, trust me, me and the lprng mailing list went back and forth for
~100 emails, with the final suggestion being "install lprng on all
your machines", which isn't exactly what I would call compatibility.
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