Package: lprng Version: 3.8.28dfsg.1-1.1 I am running a Debian system that does not need printer support. For this reason I have disabled printer-related things in the Linux kernel (e.g. parallel printer support, aka the "lp" module) and generally tried to remove as many unneeded printer-related Debian packages as possible. Package dependencies force me to keep lprng installed, though.
The problem is that checkpc, which is run daily by /etc/cron.daily/lprng, fails for some reason (possibly the missing "lp" kernel module?) with the following error: Warning - lp: cannot open lp device '/dev/lp0' - No such device or address This message is placed into the system logs and then gets picked up by the logcheck utility, thus generating one unnecessary email per day. For the moment I have added a local logcheck rule that ignores the checkpc error message. I feel, however, that it would be cleaner if I could somehow disable the automatic checking performed by /etc/cron.daily/lprng. This would also have the benefit that the system logs are not "filled" with unnecessary messages. This, then, is my request: Would it be possible to add a feature to the lprng package that disables /etc/cron.daily/lprng? Possible solutions could be (I don't know if these violate any Debian policies): * ask a debconf question when the package is installed that prevents /etc/cron.daily/lprng from being installed * add an entry to /etc/default/lprng that is evaluated by the cron script Thanks Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
