Feature changed by: Johannes Meixner (jsmeix) Feature #307719, revision 4 Title: hplip-hpcups and assoicated packages openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Kirk Kimmel (omf) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: One thing I have never understood is this hplip-hpcups package. If I uninstall this package, hplip-hpijs is automatically marked for install. If I uncheck that package as well and Accept the changes via YaST2 Software Management these packages are removed. However the next time I start Software Management hplip-hpijs is checked to be installed again. The only way to stop this behavior is to mark both packages as Taboo. Shouldn't I be able to remove packages that are not needed without having to jump through hoops to make sure they do not get installed again. Currently running OpenSUSE 11.2 Milestone 6. Discussion: #1: Kirk Kimmel (omf) (2009-09-10 00:25:03) I like to remove most of the cups packages from workstations that do not need printer access in order to lower the amount of security updates I have to apply later. + #2: Johannes Meixner (jsmeix) (2010-12-08 16:37:38) + See http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:How_to_set-up_a_HP_printer which reads: + "Make sure that the packages which provide the HPLIP software come from + one same repository (i.e. do not mix packages from PackMan with those + from openSUSE) ... openSUSE provides HPLIP in the packages hplip and + hplip-hpijs but PackMan provides HPLIP in the packages hplip and hplip- + hpcups" HPLIP does not work if the openSUSE packages hplip and hplip- + hpijs are installed together with a leftover PackMan package hplip- + hpcups. See https://bugzilla.novell.comshow_bug.cgi?id=515005#c17 + For openSUSE 11.4 I added "Obsoletes: hplip-hpcups" in our hplip-hpijs + package to avoid this conflict. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307719