[cups.bugs] [LOW] STR #1928: printers.conf race condition? settings lost!

[Michael Sweet]

[STR Closed w/o Resolution]

Since printers.conf is only read or written by cupsd, it is unlikely there
is a "race condition" - that involves multiple processes.  More than
likely another program is fiddling with printers.conf behind your back.
The scheduler (cupsd) itself backs the printers.conf file up (rename to
printers.conf.O), creates printers.conf, and renames the backup to
printers.conf if it is unable to create the new printers.conf file.

In any case, 1.1.14 is ancient. If you can reproduce this issue with the
current 1.2.x release, please file a new STR against the more recent
release.

Link: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L1928
Version: 1.1.14 or older
Fix Version: None