From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Message-ID: <45C74982.5080009@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:13:06 +0000 From: Till Kamppeter MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Printing-architecture] Distribution-independent printer driver package -- first shot List-Id: Printing architecture under linux List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: lsb-discuss Cc: printing-architecture@lists.freestandards.org Hi, here is my first try to build a distribution-independent printer driver package: http://www.linux-foundation.org/~till/tmp/splix-1.0.1-0.beta2.1lsb3.1.i486.rpm http://www.linux-foundation.org/~till/tmp/splix-1.0.1-0.beta2.1lsb3.1.src.rpm http://www.linux-foundation.org/~till/tmp/splix.spec It installs and works on both Ubuntu Feisty and Fedora Core 6 (these two I have tested, it should work on any modern distro fulfilling LSB 3.1). Except the new directories for PPDs and printer drivers every modern distribution should already have everything needed. Proceed as follows for testing: - On any Ubuntu or Debian "alien splix-1.0.1-0.beta2.1lsb3.1.i486.rpm" - The "lsb" package, at least version 3.1 must be installed. - The CUPS and ESP GhostScript packages of the your distro need to be installed (for other drivers also foomatic-filters will be needed). - To get the new directory structure for printer drivers and PPDs as agreed on for LSB 3.2 on Ubuntu Feisty update the cupsys package to the newest version, on any other Ubuntu or Debian do mkdir -p /opt/share/ppd mkdir -p /usr/local/share/ppd ln -s /usr/local/share/ppd /usr/share/ppd/1-local-admin ln -s /opt/share/ppd /usr/share/ppd/2-third-party and on any other distribution do mkdir -p /usr/share/ppd (not needed in Ubuntu) mkdir -p /opt/share/ppd mkdir -p /usr/local/share/ppd ln -s /usr/local/share/ppd /usr/share/cups/model/1-local-admin ln -s /opt/share/ppd /usr/share/cups/model/2-third-party ln -s /usr/share/ppd /usr/share/cups/model/3-distribution - Install the driver package - Set up a print queue with cUPS. I have built the package in the LSB Build Environment chroot. The filter binary passes the lsbappchk test, but the package gives following output on lsbpkgchk: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- till@lsbbuild:~/rpm/SPECS$ /opt/lsb/bin/lsbpkgchk ../RPMS/i486/splix-1.0.1-0.beta2.1lsb3.1.i486.rpm checkRpmIdxHEADERSIGNATURES() Not yet checking contents checkRpmIdxHEADERSIGNATURES() offset ffffffb0 checkRpmIdxHEADERSIGNATURES() data at b7d6e0b4 checkRpmIdxSHA1() Not yet checking SHA1 contents SIGTAG_MD5 calculated value doesn't match expected value checkRpmIdxHEADERIMMUTABLE() Not yet checking contents Post-install program not checked Post-uninstall program not checked checkRpmIdxPROVIDENAME() type=8 offset=1428 count=1 splix Error: Didn't see expected dependency lsb=3.1 Provide Flag not checked: 8 Optflags not checked: -O2 -g -march=i486 Error: checkRpmIdx() unexpected Index tag=1140 type=4 offset=2114 count=46 Error: checkRpmIdx() unexpected Index tag=1141 type=4 offset=222c count=46 Error: checkRpmIdx() unexpected Index tag=1142 type=8 offset=2344 count=5 Error: checkRpmIdx() unexpected Index tag=1143 type=4 offset=2404 count=46 Error: checkRpmIdx() unexpected Index tag=1144 type=4 offset=251c count=46 Error: checkRpmIdx() unexpected Index tag=1146 type=7 offset=2634 count=10 Error: checkRpmIdx() unexpected Index tag=1177 type=4 offset=2644 count=46 Warning: checkRpmIdx() Deprecated Index RPMTAG_RHNPLATFORM found checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/SpliX not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/SpliX/bin not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/SpliX/bin/rastertospl2 not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/SpliX/doc not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/SpliX/doc/AUTHORS not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/SpliX/doc/COPYING not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/SpliX/doc/ChangeLog not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/SpliX/doc/INSTALL not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/SpliX/doc/README not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/SpliX/doc/TODO not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/lib/printdriver/SpliX not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/lib/printdriver/SpliX/rastertospl2 not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-CLP-300-SpliX-de.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-CLP-300-SpliX-en.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-CLP-300-SpliX-fr.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-CLP-300-SpliX-it.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-CLP-500-SpliX-de.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-CLP-500-SpliX-en.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-CLP-500-SpliX-fr.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-CLP-500-SpliX-it.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-CLP-510-SpliX-de.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-CLP-510-SpliX-en.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-CLP-510-SpliX-fr.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-CLP-510-SpliX-it.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-CLP-600-SpliX-de.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-CLP-600-SpliX-en.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-CLP-600-SpliX-fr.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-CLP-600-SpliX-it.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-1510-SpliX-de.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-1510-SpliX-en.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-1510-SpliX-fr.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-1510-SpliX-it.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-1520-SpliX-de.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-1520-SpliX-en.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-1520-SpliX-fr.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-1520-SpliX-it.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-1610-SpliX-de.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-1610-SpliX-en.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-1610-SpliX-fr.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-1610-SpliX-it.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-1710-SpliX-de.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-1710-SpliX-en.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-1710-SpliX-fr.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-1710-SpliX-it.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-1740-SpliX-de.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-1740-SpliX-en.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-1740-SpliX-fr.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-1740-SpliX-it.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-1750-SpliX-de.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-1750-SpliX-en.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-1750-SpliX-fr.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-1750-SpliX-it.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-2010-SpliX-de.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-2010-SpliX-en.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-2010-SpliX-fr.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-2010-SpliX-it.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-2150-SpliX-de.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-2150-SpliX-en.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-2150-SpliX-fr.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-2150-SpliX-it.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-2250-SpliX-de.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-2250-SpliX-en.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-2250-SpliX-fr.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-2250-SpliX-it.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-2550-SpliX-de.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-2550-SpliX-en.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-2550-SpliX-fr.ppd.gz not FHS compliant checkRpmArchiveFilename: file opt/share/ppd/SpliX/Samsung/Samsung-ML-2550-SpliX-it.ppd.gz not FHS compliant till@lsbbuild:~/rpm/SPECS$ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Most of his output is caused by the fact that LSB 3.1 does not provide the new directories, but any help on getting rid of the other ones would be great. Till