[cups.bugs] Re: [LOW] STR #1599: 1.2rc3 broke PPD list retrievalfor e. g. gnome-cups-manager

[Michael Sweet]

Martin Pitt wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> Michael Sweet [2006-04-25 12:44 -0400]:
>> You're better off reporting this to the GNOME folks; nothing has changed
>> WRT the CUPS-Get-PPDs operation...
> 
> I pinpointed the change now, it's commit 5438:
> 
>    - The scheduler would hang when listing PPD files for a
>      manufacturer whose name contained spaces (STR #1567)
> 
> apparently the url_encode_attr() broke something protocol-wise. I do
> not want to judge whether the current cups behaviour is now the
> 'correct' one and libgnomecups/KDE/whatever else needs to be fixed, or
> if it's indeed a cups bug.

Well, the web interface and lpinfo commands still work so I'd guess
the users of the operation need to check what they are sending.

FWIW, do you get any errors in the error_log file?

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