Bug 1213477

Summary: Update to gutenprint 5.3 broke cups config
Product: [openSUSE] openSUSE Tumbleweed Reporter: Dominik Heidler <dheidler>
Component: PrintingAssignee: Johannes Meixner <jsmeix>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX QA Contact: Johannes Meixner <jsmeix>
Severity: Normal    
Priority: P5 - None    
Version: Current   
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Hardware: Other   
OS: Other   
URL: https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637455
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Description Dominik Heidler 2023-07-19 12:10:31 UTC 
From cups log:

E [19/Jul/2023:14:07:42 +0200] Samsung_Samsung_ML-2525W: Datei \"/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertogutenprint.5.2\" nicht verfügbar: No such file or directory
E [19/Jul/2023:14:07:42 +0200] [Job 49] Unable to start filter "rastertogutenprint.5.2" - No such file or directory.
E [19/Jul/2023:14:07:42 +0200] [Job 49] Stopping job because the scheduler could not execute a filter.


From cups config:
<Printer Samsung_Samsung_ML-2525W>
PrinterId 45
UUID urn:uuid:70334a01-d800-39ed-5a4e-5e4f45e9c01f
Info Samsung Samsung ML-2525W
Location
MakeModel Samsung ML-2550 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.15
DeviceURI socket://10.131.0.20
State Idle
StateTime 1689768462
ConfigTime 1689767864
Type 8392724
Accepting Yes
Shared No
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
OpPolicy default
ErrorPolicy stop-printer
Attribute marker-colors \#000000
Attribute marker-levels 50
Attribute marker-names Toner S/N:CRUM-11000311613
Attribute marker-types toner
Attribute marker-change-time 1683056782
</Printer>


It seems that the config was not updated breaking the printing driver as the config was still pointing to gutenprint 5.2.


This should be somehow prevented - eg by not including the version number in the config or updating the config automatically.
Comment 1 Johannes Meixner 2023-07-19 13:43:55 UTC 
First and foremost:
SUSE or openSUSE never developed Gutenprint
(or any other basic printing software).
We provide printing software "as is" from upstream.

As far as I know this is unavoidable for
a Gutenprint major version upgrade
because /usr/sbin/cups-genppdupdate
(which is run as RPM post install script)
cannot properly regenerate Gutenprint PPD files
for existing print queues
(i.e. what there is in /etc/cups/ppd/*.ppd)
for a Gutenprint major version upgrade.

So for a Gutenprint major version upgrade
you have to manually re-create the print queues
which use Gutenprint as printer driver.

When Gutenprint 5.2 PPD files have (long line shown wrapped)
-------------------------------------------------------------
*cupsFilter:
 "application/vnd.cups-raster 100 rastertogutenprint.5.2"
-------------------------------------------------------------
versus Gutenprint 5.3 PPD files that have
-------------------------------------------------------------
*cupsFilter:
 "application/vnd.cups-raster 100 rastertogutenprint.5.3"
-------------------------------------------------------------
this is very likely intentional by Gutenprint upstream
because in general the contents of PPD files must match
the specific printer driver software where they belong to.
Comment 2 Johannes Meixner 2024-01-05 12:59:58 UTC 
I close it as WONTFIX which means in this case:

"The problem described is an issue for the user
 but it cannot be fixed by openSUSE."

So alternatively it might be closed as UPSTREAM which means:

"The responsibility for the bug lies upstream."

Because I think things behave as intended by Gutenprint upstream
it could be also closed as INVALID which would mean in this case:

"The problem described is an issue for the user
 but things behave as intended by the upstream developers."

Cf.
https://bugzilla.suse.com/page.cgi?id=status_resolution_matrix.html