Bug 4482 – /dev/printer is a socket, not a device

Bug 4482 - /dev/printer is a socket, not a device

Summary:	/dev/printer is a socket, not a device

Status:	CLOSED NEXTRELEASE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	dev (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.0
Hardware:	All Linux

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Reported:	1999-08-11 18:15 EDT by Matthew Galgoci
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	1999-08-12 11:01:10 EDT
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Description Matthew Galgoci 1999-08-11 18:15:04 EDT

Included in the dev rpm is /dev/printer, which shouldn't.
This is a unix socket that is normally created each time
that lpd is started so that the userland lp utils can
communicate with the lpd daemon.

The presence of the socket in the package seems to be
confusing a lot of folks who assume that the disappearance
of /dev/printer is a direct cause of print failure when
it is in fact a side effect.

Please remove /dev/printer from the dev rpm package. :)

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-08-12 11:01:59 EDT

fixed in dev-2.7.8.1-1.

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