Bug#431725: libgnomeprint2.2-0 Recommends: cupsys, removes lpr(ng).

[Sven Arvidsson]

On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 19:23 -0600, s. keeling wrote:
> > AFAICT libgnomeprint only recommends cupsys and you should have no
> > problem not installing it or removing it? CUPS is the best option for
> > most users and a sensible default.
> 
> My question is, why doesn't it recommend "cupsys | approved_spooler"
> or something?  Perhaps CUPS is the best default to accomodate most
> users, but what about the rest of us who do have a preference, and want
> instead to use lpr(ng), et al?  linuxprinting.org says we should have
> no trouble that way.  apt* thinks otherwise.

This sounds like a reasonable request.

> Try it yourself sometime.  Do a basic install de-selecting "Desktop
> Environment", install lpr(ng), then see what happens when you try to
> get printing working.  Damned near everything you do tries to clobber
> lpr(ng) with CUPS.  Removing CUPS then tries to blow away far too many
> things it's related to.  Begging your pardon, but this is "viral"
> behaviour, which I'd prefer to just not even begin to have to deal
> with.  The farther CUPS (and its dependencies & etc) are from my
> system, the happier I'll be.  My /etc/printcap:

aptitude doesn't seem to show any problems if I try to remove cupsys
from my system. It does complain about a few missing recommends, but
that's far from "viral behaviour".

If you don't want aptitude (or any other package manager) to satisfy
recommends, use the -R switch (or change the configuration).

-- 
Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
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