missing printcap manpage

Bevan C. Bennett bevan at fulcrummicro.com
Wed Jan 7 01:44:25 UTC 2004


Michael P. Soulier wrote:
> Why is it that most Unix systems, and Debian Linux boxes, have a
> printcap(5) manpage, but this is missing from my Fedora boxes? Is this
> in another package somewhere, or is it simply missing?

Because Fedora has switched the default print system from LPRng to CUPS, 
and CUPS doesn't need or refer to a printcap (although it can generate 
one for compatibility with certain odd programs that expect to find one).





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