Debugging info

[Michael Sweet]

Anonymous wrote:
> I recently had an issue when changing DHCP servers. The cups server was miss addressed, but was still announcing itself under the proper name, if not address. OK no problem here. Client couldn't connect. Nor did there debugging output point out that issue.
> 
> Then I set LogLevel to debug on the cups server; it started pumping out data. This is what I found.
> 
> StartListening: Unable to bind socket for address c0a80115:631 - Cannot assign requested address.
> 
> Note the address is in HEX, not the far more readable 'dot quad' format.
> It took a while via hand modifying the cupsd.conf file's Listen entries
> to figure it out. If I had seen the address in it's 'dot quad' 192.168.1.21, then I would have run 'ifconfig' and viewed the address list  sooner (the DHCP server had given out the address 192.158.1.21 Note second quad).
> 
> Debugging is best when the output is readable, not cryptic. Please have the DEBUG ADDRESS FORMAT updated to a human readable format.

For future reference, requests of this type are best sent using the
STR form at:

     http://www.cups.org/str.php

That said, you'll be happy to know that the CUPS 1.2 code shows the
IPv4, IPv6, or domain socket addresses in the format you expect.

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