The newest LSB specification requires /usr/bin/lp to be available - and the BSD-derived lpr package doesn't support/include it.
Chris On 11/30/05, giuseppe bonacci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: lsb-core > Version: 3.0-11 > Severity: important > > > - lsb-core depends on (lpr) AND (lprng | cupsys-client) > - lprng and cupsys-client conflict with lpr > - lprng and cupsys-bsd provide lpr > > as a result, installing lsb-core (or any of the lsb-* packages that depend > on lsb-core) forces removing lpr in favour of lprng or (cupsys-client + > cupsys-bsd), which is both useless and annoying. > > why doesn't lsb-core depend simply on (lpr | cupsys-client)? > > best regards > -- gb > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: testing/unstable > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686-smp > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) > > Versions of packages lsb-core depends on: > ii alien 8.59 install non-native packages with > d > ii at 3.1.9 Delayed job execution and batch > pr > ii bc 1.06-19 The GNU bc arbitrary precision > cal > ii binutils 2.16.1-2 The GNU assembler, linker and > bina > ii bsdmainutils 6.1.2 collection of more utilities from > ii bsdutils 1:2.12p-8 Basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite > ii cpio 2.6-9 GNU cpio -- a program to manage > ar > ii cron 3.0pl1-92 management of regular background > p > ii debconf [debconf 1.4.59 Debian configuration management > sy > ii ed 0.2-20 The classic unix line editor > ii exim4-daemon-lig 4.54-2 lightweight exim MTA (v4) daemon > ii file 4.15-2 Determines file type using > "magic" > ii libc6 2.3.5-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > an > ii libc6-dev [libc- 2.3.5-8 GNU C Library: Development > Librari > ii locales 2.3.5-8 GNU C Library: National Language > ( > ii lprng [lpr] 3.8.28-3.0.1 lpr/lpd printer spooling system > ii lsb-base 3.0-11 Linux Standard Base 3.0 init > scrip > ii lsb-release 3.0-11 Linux Standard Base version > report > ii m4 1.4.4-1 a macro processing language > ii mailx 1:8.1.2-0.20050715cvs-1 A simple mail user agent > ii make 3.80-11 The GNU version of the "make" > util > ii man-db 2.4.3-3 The on-line manual pager > ii mawk 1.3.3-11 a pattern scanning and text > proces > ii ncurses-term 5.5-1 Additional terminal type > definitio > ii passwd 1:4.0.13-7 change and administer password > and > ii patch 2.5.9-2 Apply a diff file to an original > ii pax 1:1.5-15 Portable Archive Interchange > ii procps 1:3.2.5-1 /proc file system utilities > ii psmisc 21.8-1 Utilities that use the proc > filesy > ii python 2.3.5-3 An interactive high-level > object-o > ii rsync 2.6.6-1 fast remote file copy program > (lik > ii zlib1g [libz1] 1:1.2.3-8 compression library - runtime > > lsb-core recommends no packages. > > -- debconf information excluded > > -- Chris Lawrence - http://blog.lordsutch.com/
