/etc/init/cups.override needs to get updated to work with the current version of CUPS

[Till Kamppeter]

I am working on getting the Ubuntu printing stack onto the phone, see bug 1519914 and bug 1509423 (see details about my setup in these bug reports).

CUPS is supposed to get started on-demand by Upstart, using the /etc/init/cups.override file. The file in the current image from

ubuntu-device-flash touch --channel=ubuntu-touch/devel-proposed/ubuntu

calls CUPS with the option "-x 30" which CUPS does not support any more and therefore needs to get removed.

/etc/init/cups.override works if it only contains the following:

----------
# cups - CUPS Printing spooler and server
# socket activation overrides for touch
start on socket PROTO=inet PORT=631 ADDR=127.0.0.1
exec /usr/sbin/cupsd -f
----------

Please change the file appropriately. Thanks.

[Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan)]

Not sure why there is an override file when there is no conf and we did not have cups previously

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

We are introducing CUPS to the phone, to get printing functionality.

CUPS comes with a *.conf file, but this file is for standard desktop/server to have the CUPS daemon permanently running.

The override file changes the behavior on the phone, to get the CUPS daemon running on-demand.

See also

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/client-1305-printing-stack-with-mobile-in-mind

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

Are there any plans about when this will get fixed?

[Simon Fels (morphis)]

@Till: You could easily go and push a MP against https://code.launchpad.net/~phablet-team/lxc-android-config/trunk yourself.

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

Here is the merge proposal:

https://code.launchpad.net/~till-kamppeter/lxc-android-config/cups-override/+merge/280585