Bug#305951: lpr: fails to start on read-only root

Dmitry Potapov wrote: >lpd fails to start on a read-only root filesystem system because >it cannot create /dev/printer socket. There are two possible ways >to fix this bug: >1. To change the default location of the control socket, for example, > to /var/run/printer, which is used in NetBSD. >2.

Bug#305951: lpr: fails to start on read-only root

Package: lpr Version: 1:2003.09.23-7S Severity: normal lpd fails to start on a read-only root filesystem system because it cannot create /dev/printer socket. There are two possible ways to fix this bug: 1. To change the default location of the control socket, for example, to /var/run/printer,