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

[Andrew Reilly]

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 09:23:37AM +0200, Gary Jennejohn wrote:
> 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.

Since you have /usr/local/bin in your path, why bother with
the symlinks at all?  Your shell will find them in their new
locations just fine.  You'll want to remove the old ones from
/usr/bin, but make delete-old will probably do that nicely
anyway.

Cheers,

-- 
Andrew