Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 20:01:35 -0600
Message-Id: <199703250201.UAA07295@bofh.me.umn.edu>
From: Richard Kaszeta <kaszeta@me.umn.edu>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: LPRng doesn't print to older lpr printers

package: lprng
version: 3.2.1-1

Okay, all my printers are remote printers on lpr-based SunOS 4.1.3
machines.

Attempting to print to either these machines or a SGI running Irix 6.2
(running 'lp' set up to accept 'lpr' style print jobs) both yield
"malformed from address"

LPRng cannot print to them.  The postinst mentions the that "bk" flag
is needed in /etc/printcap.  Adding this flag has no effect on
printing behavior, the error is the same.

Further investigation shows the the "send_data_first" flag may be
needed as well.  However, this flag also makes no difference.  Indeed,
no combination of "bk" and "send_data_first" seems to allow me to
print.

FWIW, my recent attempts at building LPRng myself resulted in the same
thing.

Anyone have any enlightment?

-- 
Richard W Kaszeta 			Graduate Student/Sysadmin
bofh@bofh.me.umn.edu			University of MN, ME Dept
http://www.menet.umn.edu/~kaszeta