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Pavlo Verba (pavlo.s.verba) wrote : Re: [Bug 897309] Re: Package «gs-esp» is still needed in Oneric and higher

I have already tested that.

I downloaded «gs-esp» via packages.ubuntu.com, specifically the
transitional package that was present in Maverick and the driver for my
Canon MF4018 installed and worked flawlessly.

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Launchpad Bug Tracker <
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> ** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/ghostscript
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> Title:
> Package «gs-esp» is still needed in Oneric and higher
>
> Status in “ghostscript” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in “ghostscript” source package in Oneiric:
> Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
> Some prineter drivers, namely those for Canon MFs still list it as
> dependency, and I am quite doubtful that we can get Canon to update
> the dependencies of packages.
>
> Right now, users have to find it and manually download it, which is
> not nice.
>
> Please, return it to the repositories.
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