<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On Sep 25, 2009, at 1:13 AM, Johannes Meixner wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div>...<br>In contrast the header in /etc/printcap is<br>------------------------------------------------------------------<br># This file was automatically generated by cupsd(8) from the<br># /etc/cups/printers.conf file. All changes to this file<br># will be lost.<br>------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>I would like to suggest to add such a header for all config files<br>which are overwritten by the cupsd so that in the end all<br>those config files could have the same header of the form<br>------------------------------------------------------------------<br># Configuration file for CUPS v1.3.11<br># This file was automatically generated<br># by cupsd(8) on 2009-09-24 15:15<br># Manual changes to this file will be ignored and lost.<br>------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Should I file an enhancement STR for this?<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div>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.</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">...</font></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>Therefore I think the CUPS 1.4 documentation for all config files<br>which are overwritten by the cupsd should be improved as follows:<br>---------------------------------------------------------------------<br>If you do choose to edit this file manually, you will need<br>to stop the scheduler before you start to edit it<br>(see DirtyCleanInterval in the cupsd.conf documentation)<br>and start the scheduler after you finished editing.<br>---------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Should I file another enhancement STR for this?<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Put it all in one bug, please. And thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>
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