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Date:      Sat, 8 Feb 2003 02:59:43 +0100
From:      Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: CUPS instalation question
Message-ID:  <20030208015943.GA9738@raggedclown.net>
In-Reply-To: <52270.63.104.35.130.1044627617.squirrel@email.polands.org>
References:  <20030207140217.GA1028@teddy.fas.com> <52270.63.104.35.130.1044627617.squirrel@email.polands.org>

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On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 08:20:17AM -0600, Doug Poland wrote:
> stan said:
> > I have a 47. STABLE system that I recently cvsup'd and did a make
> > world. Now I;ve built cups-base, and cups-lpr from the ports.
> >
> > I'm able to send a test page  to a printer using the web
> > interface, but I'm having trouble making things work from the
> > command line, and I suspect that I have somehow gotten a mix of
> > the lp* commands from the base system, and the ones from cups.
> >
> > What's the best way to make certain I have removed all traces of
> > lp* from the base system? I've already altered /etc/make.conf to
> > avoid building the base systems lp stuff in the future, but I
> > don't think a new make world will _remove_ existing stuff, right?
> >
> I simply moved /usr/local/bin in front of /usr/bin on in my .profile
> and .cshrc on all accounts on the server.  That's fixed it for me. 
> (Note:  got this tip from FreeBSDDiary.org)

You might also want to change /etc/manpath.config's search order for the
whereis/locate database, or remove the manual page entries for the old
lpr system from /usr/share/man ...
Otherwise "man lpr" will not give you the CUPS lpr man page ;)
-- 
Regards
   Cliff Sarginson 
   The Netherlands

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