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Date:      Wed, 16 Feb 2000 12:57:18 +0000
From:      Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>
To:        Robin Melville <robmel@innotts.co.uk>
Cc:        "Charles N. Owens" <owensc@enc.edu>, Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 3.4, Samba, HP LaserJet 5N, delays, reboots
Message-ID:  <20000216125718.L70401@florence.pavilion.net>
In-Reply-To: <v04220800b4d0484ba8cc@[172.16.17.20]>
References:  <20000211123416.A92889@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> <38A48A9C.A3BB2D75@enc.edu> <v04220800b4d0484ba8cc@[172.16.17.20]>

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Does it make sense to add an additional flag to the printcap?  If so
what should it be?  Nik if you document it, I'll implement it.  I've been
near that code recently.

Joe

On Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 12:44:24PM +0000, Robin Melville wrote:
> 
> We've seen this with other lame in-printer lpd emulations, Lexmarks 
> are as bad. A simple fix is to hack as follows. A flag in 
> /etc/printcap would be a more complete
> solution.
> 
> ----------------
> --- /usr/src/usr.sbin/lpr/common_source/displayq.c      Sat Sep 11 
> 11:25:16 1999
> +++ /usr/src/usr.sbin/lpr/common_source/displayq.c+     Wed Feb 16 
> 12:38:20 2000
> @@ -214,6 +214,12 @@
>                  return;
>          }
> 
> +       /* kludge to stop propagation of lpq requests hanging on broken
> +          printer lpd emulations. NB. stops *all* propagation from this
> +          lpd server.
> +       */
> +       return;
> +
>          /*
>           * Print foreign queue
>           * Note that a file in transit may show up in either queue.
> -----------------
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> Robin.
> 
> 
> 
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