Windows drivers depenency issues

[Michael Sweet]

Peter wrote:
>>> AFAIK, the RPM dependency checking stuff does this by querying the RMP
>>> related database
>>> on installed packages. Compiling CUPS from the sources and using those
>>> install scripts
>>> don't update the dependency database, so you need to install the
>>> cups-windows stuff
>>> with the option --nodpes, I guess.
>> or just use "rpmbuild -ta filename" with the CUPS source archive to
>> build RPMs...
>>
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>> Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com
>> Internet Printing and Publishing Software        http://www.easysw.com
> 
> Both of those failed.
> 
> Installing with --nodeps does not produce several of the necessary files required according to the cupsaddsmb man pages:
>            cups6.ini
>            cupsui6.dll
>            cupsdrv6.dll
>            ps5ui.dll
>            pscript.hlp
>            pscript.ntf
>            pscript5.dll

The CUPS driver ONLY includes our driver files - the rest you need
to get from a Windows system...

> The RPM build of the CUPS source archive appeared to work until I got this:
> 
> RPM build errors:
>     File not found by glob: /tmp/cups-root/etc/dbus-1/system.d/*

OK, you just need to use the --without dbus option:

     rpmbuild -ta --without dbus cups-1.2.1-source.tar.bz2

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Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com
Internet Printing and Document Software          http://www.easysw.com