[arch-general] Why was /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel dropped from cups?

[David C. Rankin]

On 06/08/2012 07:06 PM, martin kalcher wrote:
> I dont have this problem:
> 
> LC_ALL=C pacman -Qo /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel
> /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel is owned by cups-filters 1.0.18-2
> 
> Try reinstalling cups-filters.

I did - it worked.

  The only thing I can figure that happened was that cups-filter was installed
_before_ cups was updated and then the cups update removed
usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel (and serial). That is _exactly_ what happened!

19:46 nirvana:~/arch/pkg/abs> tail -n 300 /var/log/pacman.log | grep cups
[2012-06-07 14:27] upgraded libcups (1.5.2-2 -> 1.5.3-4)
[2012-06-07 14:27] installed cups-filters (1.0.18-2)
[2012-06-07 14:27] upgraded cups (1.5.2-2 -> 1.5.3-4)


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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.