Ubuntu
gnome-cups-manager package

  1. Bug #8023
  2. Comment #26

Comment 26 for bug 8023

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Ryan Lovett (ryan-spacecoaster) wrote : Re: [Bug 8023] Re: unable to change printer name (workaround)

On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 05:54:47PM -0000, Lars wrote:
> The good news (for a short while) was that I could change the printer
> name on its initial creation in the new three-step process.
>
> However, the automatic update immediately notified me that the two
> packages needed an update... and after accepting the update, I'm right
> back where I started. The "new printer" screen shows the usual two-step
> process only and you can't change the printer name on initial creation!

If you feel brave, you can modify $package_dir/debian/changelog by adding
an entry for your changes and bumping the package version by .1, e.g.
x.y.z-a becomes x.y.z-a.1. When you remake and install the packages,
they'll be ahead of the ubuntu repos so they should stay put.

There's probably other ways of doing this including apt 'pinning', but
this is what I do when I modify packages on machines that don't use local
repositories.

Ryan