Bug#380730: libgnomecups1.0-1: Loading of ppd files from remote CUPS servers does not work

[Arne Nordmark]

Package: libgnomecups1.0-1
Version: 0.2.2-5
Severity: normal


When using a local CUPS server that gathers printing information from CUPS
browse messages, the ppd files for the detected printers can not be used 
in Gnome applications. For example when using gedit, one get the message:

GnomePrintCupsPlugin-Message: The ppd file for the CUPS printer lwhall48 
could not be loaded.

and consequently options like paper size, trays etc does not show up.
In non-Gnome applications things work as expected. It also works if a 
remote CUPS server is configured in /etc/cups/client.conf (as opposed to 
using the local CUPS server). It also works in "sarge", so this seems to be a 
regression.

If the variable

static gboolean go_directly_to_printer_when_possible = FALSE;

is changed to TRUE in libgnomecups/gnome-cups-printer.c then things start 
to work again, but this may of course have other consequences.

Thanks,
Arne Nordmark


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages libgnomecups1.0-1 depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.3.6-15   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcupsys2                    1.2.1-3    Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.10.3-3   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnutls13                   1.4.1-1    the GNU TLS library - runtime libr

Versions of packages libgnomecups1.0-1 recommends:
ii  cupsys                        1.2.1-3    Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 

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