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From: Jean-Pierre Radley <jpr@jpr.com>
Subject: Re: Quick LP question
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 21:57:07 GMT

Jeff Liebermann propounded (on Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 12:27:20PM -0800):
| On Mon, 08 Jan 2001 19:25:59 GMT, sqwertz@my-deja.com wrote:
| 
| >If everything went according to plan, 5.0.6 should have an hpnpf
| >binary that will now check the port corresponding to the -p option,
| >rather than always blindly checking the first port; removing or renaming
| >/etc/getone would then be unnecessary.  I don't see any reason that
| >5.0.6's hpnpf couldn't be used on prior 5.0.x versions.
| >
| >If somebody could confirm this for me, my previous life would seem
| >more ... complete.
| 
| # ./hpnpf                                                      
| usage: hpnpf -x periph [-c port] [-nNrv] [-p port] [-l logfile]
| 
| It's also in the man pages for hpnpf.
| You win and have redeemed yourself for past transgressions.

I wouldn't let Steve win quite that handily.  The identical usage message
appears on 5.0.5 as on 5.0.6, and the man page is no different either.

http://www.caldera.com/support/docs/:457/OSr506/fixlist refers to

        Bug-ID:     LTD-245-2801
        hpnp does not use hp jetdirect ports properly first.
        however a workaround is to use the old hpnp from efs122. 

Inconclusive...

-- 
JP

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