[cups.general] Upgrading

[Michael Sweet]

On Jun 8, 2010, at 8:47 AM, Minatra, Pat H. wrote:

> We are considering upgrading CUPS from 1.1.23 to the version that goes with RedHat 5.
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> In the upgrading process, can I just copy my printer.conf file and my options file over or am I going to have to install each individual printer again?  I am not finding this information out in any of the documentation.

You'll also want the contents of the /etc/cups/ppd directory.

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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair