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 * U. Minnesota LPD Software * Copyright 1987, 1988, Patrick Powell
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 * MODULE: src/README
 * Comments about the use of the LPD software
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 * Revision History
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This directory contains the source  of the LPD software.
This software is functionally  compatible with the 1983 Berkeley LPD software,
but with enhanced capabilites.  See  "U-MN LPD Installation Guide"
in the ../doc directory.

To install the software,  you should do the following:
1. make a ../bin directory
2. copy the src/Makefile to ../bin and edit it to reflect your system
3. run the Makefile in ../bin

You will probably want to construct a test version first;  this version uses
/tmp/printcap instead of /etc/printcap,  and does NOT repeat NOT run as
SUID root.  You generate this version by setting the XPERIMENT flag in
the Makefile.  The ../test directory has some test versions of /etc/printcap
that it will install;  see the Makefile and README in ../test for details.

Except for a few specified pieces of code that do banner printing and
some network connection code,  all of the PLP software was written from
a VERY high level description of the Berkeley LPD software.  Due to the
authors familiarity with the Berkeley LPD software,  some names and algorithms
are the same (why invent a new square wheel?), but in general there is
little commonality between implementations of the two programs.
