Comment 6 for bug 161222

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Martin-Éric Racine (q-funk) wrote : Re: [Bug 161222] Re: When printing to PDF, if the name of the page you're printing already exists, it will silently discard the print job

This is not a bug, this is a feature. The file can either be
overwritten or get a job number appended. This is all configurable and
there is no ideal default. However, because Ubuntu chose to use
AppArmor, I wouldn't be surprised if this is being prevented from
working by AppArmor.

On 12/6/07, Tom Haddon <email address hidden> wrote:
> Actually, it shouldn't overwrite either. It should either pop up a
> choose filename dialog, or choose a unique name (perhaps by appending a
> sequenced number to the filename). Should this bug be forwarded
> upstream?
>
> --
> When printing to PDF, if the name of the page you're printing already exists, it will silently discard the print job
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/161222
> You received this bug notification because you are a bug contact for
> cups-pdf in ubuntu.
>

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