[cups] MakeModel gets erased from printers.conf from time to time

[Michael Sweet]

Alex,

This was recently fixed in the repository for the 2.0.2 release:

Index: scheduler/printers.c
===================================================================
--- scheduler/printers.c	(revision 12263)
+++ scheduler/printers.c	(revision 12264)
@@ -3685,8 +3685,6 @@
   _ppdCacheDestroy(p->pc);
   p->pc = NULL;
 
-  cupsdClearString(&(p->make_model));
-
   if (cache_info.st_mtime >= ppd_info.st_mtime)
   {
     cupsdLogMessage(CUPSD_LOG_DEBUG, "load_ppd: Loading %s...", cache_name);
@@ -3710,6 +3708,8 @@
 
   cupsdLogMessage(CUPSD_LOG_DEBUG, "load_ppd: Loading %s...", ppd_name);
 
+  cupsdClearString(&(p->make_model));
+
   p->type &= (cups_ptype_t)~CUPS_PRINTER_OPTIONS;
   p->type |= CUPS_PRINTER_BW;


> On Dec 18, 2014, at 2:14 PM, Alex Korobkin <korobkin+cups at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> When backing up printers.conf and comparing various versions over time
> I noticed that the MakeModel line sometimes disappear from this file.
> It gets recreated later, then disappears again.
> 
> I don't care much about this line, just wondering why would that be
> and if this is a known issue or expected behaviour.
> 
> CUPS 1.7.5 on Ubuntu server.
> 
> -- 
> -Alex
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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair