Cancel All Jobs - also removes jobs history

[Michael Sweet]

angelb wrote:
> Hello all.
> 
> While testing CUPS 1.2.2, I noticed that when you do "Cancell All Jobs"
> for a particular printer queue, it precisely cancells all jobs that are
> currently being printed and those waiting in queue. However, it also
> deletes all printing history for that printer queue.
> 
> So, if you click on "Show Completed Jobs" or "Show All Jobs" for that
> printer queue, all entries are deleted.
> 
> I would prefer to keep jobs history for the printer but there seems to
> be no way of configuring this.
> 
> Has anyone else experienced the same?

Yes, it is a side-effect of how Cancel Add Jobs is implemented,
specifically it maps to the IPP_PURGE_JOBS operation...  Feel free
to file a feature request for this...

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