[cups.general] [cups.development] [RFE] STR #3344: Cups rewrites configuration files.

[Johannes Meixner]

Hello,

On Sep 25 08:24 Michael Sweet wrote (shortened):
> On Sep 25, 2009, at 1:13 AM, Johannes Meixner wrote:
>> ...
>> I would like to suggest to add such a header for all config files
>> which are overwritten by the cupsd so that in the end all
>> those config files could have the same header of the form
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>> # Configuration file for CUPS v1.3.11
>> # This file was automatically generated
>> # by cupsd(8) on 2009-09-24 15:15
>> # Manual changes to this file will be ignored and lost.
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> Should I file an enhancement STR for this?
>
> Yes, this is a great suggestion!  In fact, I would go ahead and make it a P2 
> bug since a) we aren't changing any functionality and b) this is a common 
> source of confusion for some users.

Right now I filed
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3351
"Info regarding cupsd overwrites config files"
with
"Priority: 2 - Low, e.g. a documentation error or undocumented side-effect".


Kind Regards
Johannes Meixner
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