[root@ftp log]# redhat-config-printer-tui Initializing alchemist edit environment ... Initializing linux printing database ... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/redhat-config-printer-tui", line 8, in ? printconf_tui.startup_and_find_cmd() File "/usr/share/printconf/util/printconf_tui.py", line 2345, in startup_and_find_cmd main.cmd_handlers[cmd]() File "/usr/share/printconf/util/printconf_tui.py", line 1975, in tui_main_run if cups_import.import_needed (): File "/usr/share/printconf/util/cups_import.py", line 200, in import_needed which = which_spooler () File "/usr/share/printconf/util/cups_import.py", line 195, in which_spooler return which UnboundLocalError: local variable 'which' referenced before assignment [root@ftp log]# rpm -qa | grep lp perl-XML-Grove-0.46alpha-25 [root@ftp log]# rpm -qa | grep cup cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3 [root@ftp log]# rpm -V redhat-config-printer [root@ftp log]# rpm -qi redhat-config-printer Name : redhat-config-printer Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 0.6.47.11 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. Release : 1 Build Date: Tue 16 Sep 2003 07:26:18 AM EDT Install Date: Sun 12 Oct 2003 08:09:44 PM EDT Build Host: daffy.perf.redhat.com Group : System Environment/Daemons Source RPM: redhat-config-printer-0.6.47.11-1.src.rpm Size : 1638927 License: GPL Signature : DSA/SHA1, Tue 16 Sep 2003 12:25:48 PM EDT, Key ID 219180cddb42a60e ==================================================================== manually adding 'cups' solves the issue -- a "Requires: cups" seems in order, or a virtual "Requires: print-server", and configuring cups to 'Provides: print-server' if one wants backward support path for lpr. lpr-ng, and so forth
No, this should work fine with LPRng. What does '/usr/sbin/alternatives --display print' say?
This is a duplicate of bug 85363.
Recall that I manually added 'cups' to get it working: After that, it says: [herrold@ftp herrold]$ /usr/sbin/alternatives --display print print - status is auto. link currently points to /usr/bin/lpr.cups /usr/bin/lpr.cups - priority 40 slave print-lp: /usr/bin/lp.cups slave print-lpq: /usr/bin/lpq.cups slave print-lprm: /usr/bin/lprm.cups slave print-lpstat: /usr/bin/lpstat.cups slave print-cancel: /usr/bin/cancel.cups slave print-lpc: /usr/sbin/lpc.cups slave print-cancelman: /usr/share/man/man1/cancel-cups.1.gz slave print-lpman: /usr/share/man/man1/lp-cups.1.gz slave print-lpcman: /usr/share/man/man8/lpc-cups.8.gz slave print-lpqman: /usr/share/man/man1/lpq-cups.1.gz slave print-lprman: /usr/share/man/man1/lpr-cups.1.gz slave print-lprmman: /usr/share/man/man1/lprm-cups.1.gz slave print-lpstatman: /usr/share/man/man1/lpstat-cups.1.gz Current `best' version is /usr/bin/lpr.cups. [herrold@ftp herrold]$ And redhat-config-printer is not interlocked from breaking printing again. It should have complained with the following, but it did not: [herrold@ftp herrold]$ sudo rpm -e cups Password: warning: /etc/cups/printers.conf saved as /etc/cups/printers.conf.rpmsave warning: /etc/cups/cupsd.conf saved as /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.rpmsave [herrold@ftp herrold]$ /usr/sbin/alternatives --display print [herrold@ftp herrold]$ so it appears an explicit dependency, possibly on a pseudo meta-package, is required. BTW -- this host was a "kickstart" 'from scratch' new build, after a hard drive died last week.
chuckle: I just read Miloslav's dupe, referenced, and Tim's comment there was: ""------- Additional Comment #3 From Tim Waugh on 2003-08-08 04:04 ------- redhat-config-printer should require cups.""
Oh, not a standard install. Well, yes, you need to install a print spooler for redhat-config-printer to work. LPRng is not shipped any more, so the requirement is already there in rawhide -- but there is no plan to add a meta-requirement for existing releases.