[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#524214: cups: Please do not use hard links

[Erik Braun]

Package: cups
Version: 1.3.8-1lenny4.1
Severity: wishlist


Please do not use hard links. Users of (file-)systems with limited hard link
support, e. g. OpenAFS, cannot simply install this package with "aptitude".

The use of hard links saves marginal diskspace, but leads to hassle on
every update of this package on some filesystems, so please just do without
hard links:


Setting up cups (1.3.8-1lenny4.1) ...
ln: creating hard link /usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp' => /usr/lib/cups/backend-available/ipp': Invalid cross-device link
dpkg: error processing cups (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 cups
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
  


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.1
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (650, 'stable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24.2 (SMP w/1 CPU core; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=de_DE at euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE at euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages cups depends on:
ii  adduser         3.110                    add and remove users and groups
ii  cups-common     1.3.8-1lenny4.1          Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  debconf [debcon 1.5.24                   Debian configuration management sy
ii  ghostscript     8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny1    The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii  libavahi-compat 0.6.23-3lenny1           Avahi Apple Bonjour compatibility 
ii  libc6           2.7-18                   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcups2        1.3.8-1lenny4.1          Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsimage2   1.3.8-1lenny4.1          Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libdbus-1-3     1.2.1-5                  simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgnutls26     2.4.2-6+lenny1           the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libkrb53        1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-5lenny1 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libldap-2.4-2   2.4.11-1                 OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libpam0g        1.0.1-5+lenny1           Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpaper1       1.1.23+nmu1              library for handling paper charact
ii  libslp1         1.2.1-7.5                OpenSLP libraries
ii  lsb-base        3.2-20                   Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  perl-modules    5.10.0-19                Core Perl modules
ii  procps          1:3.2.7-11               /proc file system utilities
ii  ssl-cert        1.0.23                   simple debconf wrapper for OpenSSL
ii  xpdf-utils [pop 3.02-1.4                 Portable Document Format (PDF) sui

Versions of packages cups recommends:
ii  avahi-utils           0.6.23-3lenny1     Avahi browsing, publishing and dis
ii  cups-client           1.3.8-1lenny4.1    Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  foomatic-filters      3.0.2-20080211-3.2 OpenPrinting printer support - fil
ii  smbclient             2:3.2.5-4lenny2    a LanManager-like simple client fo

Versions of packages cups suggests:
ii  cups-bsd                1.3.8-1lenny4.1  Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
pn  cups-driver-gutenprint  <none>           (no description available)
pn  cups-pdf                <none>           (no description available)
ii  foomatic-db             20080211-2+nmu1  OpenPrinting printer support - dat
ii  foomatic-db-engine      3.0.2-20080211-1 OpenPrinting printer support - pro
pn  hplip                   <none>           (no description available)
pn  xpdf-korean | xpdf-japa <none>           (no description available)

-- debconf information excluded