[Note to self] After a CUPS update, do not forget...

[john256]

...to review the new /etc/cups/cupsd.conf if you have made some changes, or (at least) to restore the line that says

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SystemGroup sys root

to

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SystemGroup sys root wheel

NB: Salix uses sudo for administrative tasks everywhere, so make the CUPS configuration-file compliant again.

I am hapy to report that besides from a few minor tweaks I had 0 (zero) problems since my return to SalixOS in January

[gapan]

Uhmm... that's why you shouldn't blindly copy .new config files over the existing ones. That's also the reason why we have a tool for managing those files, dotnew.

[john256]

Sure, but as I hadn't modified anything in the first place I completely forgot to check after the patched CUPS arrived; that's why I left here this NB

[gapan]

But... if you didn't do anything, then certainly the old cupsd.conf would be in place and it would still work.

[john256]

To clarify: as a rule, I blindly replace every dot-file that I haven't modified previously...

[gapan]

Bad idea. Some files may have been changed without you knowing it. For example cups configuration files can be changed through the web interface without you actually realizing that you're editing a file, or which file that is.