Overwrite Mac OS X 10.3.9 CUPS with CUPS 1.1.23 Posible?

[Sergio Trejo]

> In article <22961-cups.general at news.easysw.com>,
>  Larry Shaffer <larry at shafferinteractive.com> wrote:
>
> > I would like to try out CUPS 1.1.23 on my Mac OS X 10.3.9 box. Has anyone
> > tried this, or is there a 'safe' way to do it without messing with Apple's
> > install? I have already installed it under /usr/local, but don't know how to
> > use that instead of the /usr Apple install. I'd rather overwrite Apple's
> > install.
>
> While it is certainly possible to install your build over Apple's, I
> would not recommend it.  More than likely you will break more than you
> fix.  I doubt that the GUI Printer Setup Utility would work.  You will
> also most likely break the GUI for printing documents.  Command line
> printing may be your only option.  I did such a test install in OS
> 10.4.x, and I believe this was what I found.
>
> Apple starts with the code from the cups.org and makes some
> modifications to suit their needs.  I don't know how much they change
> things, however, or in what areas.

Michael, doesn't this kind of make what Apple has done with regard to modifying CUPS code as proprietary? I did notice the GPL excepion in the license for Apple. Is there any way to find out?

Why is there also an exception for OpenSSL?

Regards,

-Sergio

>
> If you do decide to give it a try, I would recommend that you make a
> full bootable backup before you start.  You can use Carbon Copy Cloner
> or SuperDuper for such a task.  That way you can reclaim your system
> after your trials without having to do an Archive and Install.
>
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