[cups.development] Deleting printers that have no backend
Michael Sweet
mike at easysw.com
Wed Aug 31 10:53:32 PDT 2005
Jim Fehlig wrote:
> I have encountered configurations where it is possible to have printers
> installed with no corresponding backend to communicate with the target
> device. Details can be provided at how I arrived at such a
> configuration, but don't believe it is terribly relevant.
>
> I would like to get the community's thoughts on providing a patch that
> would delete printers for which there is no corresponding backend to
> service the queue. I have looked into deleting the printer when a job
> is processed and we find that exec()ing the backend fails with ENOENT.
> Such a patch appears to be fairly simple but wanted to get some feedback
> before creating it.
>
> An alternate approach would be to check for necessary programs (filters
> and backends?) for installed printers during initialization of cupsd and
> removing those for which there is no hope for success. Perhaps a config
> item or command line option to control this behavior?
>
> I may be overlooking scenarios where such behavior is undesirable, but
> will happily provide a patch if this functionality is deemed appropriate.
I think the current code will stop the queue if it is pointing at
a now non-existent backend. IMHO, this is the correct behavior and
deleting the printer is the wrong thing to do.
That said, I would have no problem with a sanity check in
LoadAllPrinters() that logged an error and stopped the printer...
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