[cups.general] Unknown configuration directive

[henri]

Hi there,

Hopefully, I have understood what you are trying to do. If not then  
sorry about the extra long post.

If you are migrating between different versions of CUPS or if you are  
trying to keep two or more servers queues in sync. Then I would  
suggest you take at the PrinterSetup project :

http://www.lucidsystems.org/printingworks/printersetup

Essentially, even if the feature for detecting the CUPS version and  
then suppling appropriate parameters to lpadmin depending upon the  
CUPS version is not yet part of PrinterSetup, adding such a feature  
should be trivial. It is just a matter of adding a check in the code  
to check the CUPS version on the system PrinterSetup is running on and  
then pass the correct arguments to lpadmin when generating or updating  
CUPS queues.

If you need any help with making such changes then just let me know. I  
am a developer on the PrinterSetup project. If you need help then  
visit the PrinterSetup mailing lists :

http://www.lucidsystems.org/printingworks/printersetup/lists

If you manage to get it working on your own please forward a patch to  
me so that it can be evaluated and then potentially included in a  
future PrinterSetup release.

Hope this helps.



> If you mean "Can I use CUPS 1.3 to create a printers.conf file for
> 1.1", the answer is no.  You can use older version config files on
> newer versions of CUPS, but not the other way around.