using cupsd instead of base lpr [was Re: [HEADS UP] Kernel modules don't work properly in FreeBSD 8.1-RC1 (solved)]

[Alban Hertroys]

On 24 Jun 2010, at 9:23, Gary Jennejohn wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:15:09 -0700
> Ted Faber <faber at isi.edu> wrote:
> 
>> (/usr/local/bin/ preceeds /usr/bin in my path so I can use the lpr
>> commands from cupsd, though it's evidently a bit of a dangerous idea.)
>> 
> [trimmed Cc]
> 
> I use cupsd and have these settings to get around using the base system
> lp stuff:
> 
> in /etc/src.conf - WITHOUT_LPR=yes
> 
> and these symbolic links in /usr/bin
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel      17 Mar 18  2009 /usr/bin/lp -> /usr/local/bin/lp
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel      24 Mar 18  2009 /usr/bin/lpoptions -> /usr/local/bin/lpoptions
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel      18 Mar 18  2009 /usr/bin/lpq -> /usr/local/bin/lpq
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel      18 Mar 18  2009 /usr/bin/lpr -> /usr/local/bin/lpr
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel      19 Mar 18  2009 /usr/bin/lprm -> /usr/local/bin/lprm
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel      21 Mar 18  2009 /usr/bin/lpstat -> /usr/local/bin/lpstat
> 
> and /usr/bin is _before_ /usr/local/bin in my PATH.


Wouldn't it be easier to alias those commands instead of physically replacing them?
In my .tcshrc I have:

alias lp        /usr/local/bin/lp
alias lpq       /usr/local/bin/lpq
alias lpr       /usr/local/bin/lpr
alias lprm      /usr/local/bin/lprm

I only have /usr/local/bin/lpoptions on my system (7-STABLE), so I guess that's exclusive to CUPS, hence no need for me to alias it.

Alban Hertroys

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