Upgrading Gutenprint causes printers to stop printing until driver is changed
| Bugzilla ID | 201 |
| Reporter | A. Wilcox (awilfox) |
| Assignee | A. Wilcox (awilfox) |
| Reported | 2019-09-13 03:46:44 -0500 |
| Modified | 2020-06-22 06:23:27 -0500 |
| Status | CONFIRMED |
| Version | 1.0-BETA4 |
| Hardware | Adélie Linux / All |
| Importance | --- / enhancement |
| Package(s) | user/cups-filters |
Description
The Gutenprint PPDs explicitly reference "/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertogutenprint.5.X", which means when Gutenprint was upgraded from 5.2 to 5.3, printing stopped working for Gutenprint-based printer drivers until the driver was manually changed in the CUPS administration panel. This is a terrible UX, and took over an hour to debug for me.