From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020830 Description of problem: when adding a printer at the command line with "lpadmin", the "-m" option *must* refer to a filename relative to the /usr/share/cups/model directory, including the trailing .gz suffix. if you specify a non-existent file, the printer still gets added but with no corresponding .ppd file copied into /etc/cups/ppd/. this makes for a relatively useless printer. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.run "lpadmin" to add a printer using a bogus "-m" value 2.check out /etc/cups/ppd directory afterwards 3. Actual Results: no ppd file is associated with the printer Expected Results: it would be nice if 1) lpadmin checked for a .gz suffix and dealt with it 2) if there is no such file, lpadmin should generate an error message Additional info:
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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.