Re: Retiring lpr and lpd

On Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 6:42 AM Tomoaki AOKI <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Feb 2026 04:47:55 +0100
> Tomek CEDRO <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 3:42 AM Tomek CEDRO <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > (..)
> > > Would it be possible to move them to ports? Anyone using them would
> > > still use but from ports :-) Or some working alternatives (plp seems
> > > dead) maybe in ports already? :-)
> >
> > https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/LPRng seems to be replacement /
> > alternative (note capital LPR).
>
> License: ART10 GPLv2
>                ~~~~~
>
> And depends on GPL'ed things.
> This would mean BSD compatibully licensed alternatives for GPL'ed
> dependencies and GPL'ed part are needed to be in base.

Uh, like cups, maybe not a problem for users but definitely a problem
for vendors.

Looks like a fix for *BSD lpd is needed to stay in base, or move to
ports, or removal until someone can do the job?

Looks like a task for vendor who cares about lpr/lpd :-P

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