Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:10:04 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Printing with Acrobat Reader Message-ID: <200704100910.l3A9A4o6020106@lurza.secnetix.de>
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Hi,
I've configured Adobe Reader to use "/usr/bin/lpr -Plaser"
for printing ("laser" is the name of the printing queue for
my PostScript printer). But when I try to print a document,
I get the error message "/usr/bin/lpr not found".
Obviously Adobe Reader tries to locate the given binary in
/compat/linux. When I copy /usr/bin/lpr (FreeBSD binary)
to /compat/linux/usr/bin, printing from Adobe Reader works
fine.
Now I have a few questions ... :-)
First, copying the FreeBSD binary to /compat/linux seems
like a dirty hack. Is there a better way to solve the
problem?
Second, if there's no better way, then shouldn't the port
already copy the lpr binary upon install (and remove it
upon deinstall), so printing works out of the box? Or
install a small shellscript wrapper in /compat/linux that
calls /usr/bin/lpr. (Or at least add a message to the
FreeBSD port to hint users that they need to copy the
binary.)
Best regards
Oliver
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