Bug 76482

Summary:	lpadmin doesn't recognize gzipped PPD files nicely
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Robert P. J. Day <rpjday>
Component:	cups	Assignee:	Tim Waugh <twaugh>
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Description Robert P. J. Day 2002-10-22 09:55:17 UTC

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Description of problem:
  when creating a new printer with "lpadmin -p", one of
the options is -m, which allows you to specify a model
PPD script file to associate with that printer.  this 
PPD file's name must be relative to /usr/share/cups/model.

  however, all of those files are actually gzipped files,
so they all end with a .gz suffix.  if you forget to put the
.gz suffix at the end of the file name, the command will
still create a new printer, but will not copy the model
file into the /etc/cups/ppd directory since, technically,
you didn't get the name correct.

  perhaps lpadmin can be made a bit more forgiving and
assume the existence of the .gz suffix if it's not 
actually given.  or, at the very least, give an error
message that no such file could be found.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.lpadmin -p test (other options) -m laserjet.ppd
2.
3.
	

Actual Results:    no PPD file is associated with the new printer, because
the file is actually laserjet.ppd.gz.

Expected Results:    either figure out that it's the .gz file and use it, 
or generate an error message that no such file existed.
one or the other would be fine, but failing silently is
not a good choice.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Robert P. J. Day 2002-10-22 19:13:01 UTC

  as an addendum, the online browser-based CUPS admin manual, Chapter 3,
under "Adding Your First Printer", shows some examples with
"-m deskjet.ppd" and "-m laserjet.ppd" which, as i just verified
so as not to look foolish, don't work.  adding the .gz to the file name
made it work properly, though.

  so, one way or the other, the command should be brought into sync
with the docs.

Comment 2 Michael Sweet 2003-04-18 14:36:18 UTC

Note: the standard CUPS distribution does not GZIP the sample driver PPD files...

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2006-08-07 19:58:04 UTC

Red Hat Linux is no longer supported by Red Hat, Inc. If you are still
running Red Hat Linux, you are strongly advised to upgrade to a
current Fedora Core release or Red Hat Enterprise Linux or comparable.
Some information on which option may be right for you is available at
http://www.redhat.com/rhel/migrate/redhatlinux/.

Red Hat apologizes that these issues have not been resolved yet. We do
want to make sure that no important bugs slip through the cracks.
Please check if this issue is still present in a current Fedora Core
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closed as 'CANTFIX' on September 30, 2006. Thanks again for your help.

Comment 4 Bill Nottingham 2006-10-18 17:18:20 UTC

Red Hat Linux is no longer supported by Red Hat, Inc. If you are still
running Red Hat Linux, you are strongly advised to upgrade to a
current Fedora Core release or Red Hat Enterprise Linux or comparable.
Some information on which option may be right for you is available at
http://www.redhat.com/rhel/migrate/redhatlinux/.

Closing as CANTFIX.