Package: cupsys Version: 1.1.23-10 Severity: normal
If a required directory (in my case, /var/spool/cups/tmp) goes missing, the CUPS admin script simply reports an internal-server-error, without logging anything to the CUPS error log. A message such as "Cannot chdir into /var/spool/cups/tmp: no such file or directory" would be useful in diagnosing this issue. As it was, I just spent two hours learning how to use strace, so I guess you could count it as a positive ;) At the very least, the Debian init script could check for important directories and either create them or refuse to run if these directories (or files) are missing. Yes, the /var/spool/cups/tmp directory is listed as part of the cupsys Debian package, but whatever removed the directory obviously wasn't too concerned about Debian policy or package management. Yes, it was probably me in a fit of pique when trying to recover some disk space. alex:~$ diff -u /etc/init.d/cupsys cupsys --- /etc/init.d/cupsys 2005-04-17 18:08:02.000000000 +1000 +++ cupsys 2005-11-10 16:08:56.000000000 +1100 @@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ test -f $DAEMON || exit 0 +# Important directories: +if [ ! -d /var/spool/cups/tmp ]; then + echo "Directory /var/spool/cups/tmp is missing!" + exit 1 +fi + set -e # Get the timezone set. Hope this helps. Alex Satrapa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.12.5 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages cupsys depends on: ii adduser 3.63 Add and remove users and groups ii debconf 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libcupsimage2 1.1.23-10 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - ii libcupsys2-gnutls10 1.1.23-10 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - ii libgnutls11 1.0.16-13.1 GNU TLS library - runtime library ii libpam0g 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libpaper1 1.1.14-3 Library for handling paper charact ii libslp1 1.0.11a-2 OpenSLP libraries ii patch 2.5.9-2 Apply a diff file to an original ii perl-modules 5.8.4-8 Core Perl modules ii xpdf-utils 3.00-13 Portable Document Format (PDF) sui ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4.sarge.2 compression library - runtime -- debconf information: cupsys/raw-print: true cupsys/backend: ipp, lpd, parallel, socket, usb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
