[cups-devel] httpReconnect() does not recover from server down/up

[Michael Sweet]

Jacob,

This should work.  Please file a bug report at:

   https://www.cups.org/str.php

and include a sample application that reproduces this.  I'll take a look...


> On Oct 24, 2014, at 4:20 PM, Jacob Marble <jacobmarble at google.com> wrote:
> 
> Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
> CUPS 1.7.2
> 
> I'm writing a cloud print proxy that maintains a long-term (hours)
> connection to the CUPS server at localhost:631. Before every CUPS API call,
> I call httpReconnect() to make sure the connection is working.
> 
> To test:
> - start the CUPS server
> - start the proxy
> - let the proxy call httpReconnect() - success
> - stop the CUPS server
> - let the proxy call httpReconnect() - fail
> - the proxy handles the error, continues running
> - restart the CUPS server
> - let the proxy call httpReconnect() - fail
> 
> I expect httpReconnect() to succeed after the CUPS server comes back up. Am
> I wrong?
> 
> Jacob
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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair