[Bug 57449] New: Please stop collecting ppd's

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57449

Bug ID: 57449
           Summary: Please stop collecting ppd's
           Product: Wine-staging
           Version: 9.15
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
                CC: [e-mail], [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Dear Wine Staging,

Fedora 41
wine-9.15-1.fc41.x86_64
wine-9.15-1.fc41.i686

I installed a new Brother HL-L2300D printer.  At first I used the Brother RPM
and it worked fine.  Then I upgrades to the OWN drives.  Everything was fine
until I tried to print envelopes.  The OWN ppd is missing envelope definitions.
 So I removed it and reinstalled the Brother ppd.  Install and removal of
printers was done with https://127.0.0.1:631 (CUPS web interface).

The Linux side was completely happy with the process.  But Wine was not.  I
could not get rid of the OWN drivers in Wine.

Searching my drive for ppd's for the HL-L2300D, I found that Wine was
collecting them.  Erasing them and restarting "Envelope Printer" and happy
camping returned.

Please stop collecting ppd's.  Only import what CUPS has configured.  And
remove what is no longer in CUPS.

By the way, the "Brother_HL_L2300D_series_rn6.en.ppd" was the correct ppd from
Brother.  You will note it does not appear on the WINE list.

# find / -iname *.ppd* | grep -i brother | grep -i 2300 | grep -i wine

/home/todd/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/spool/drivers/arm64/3/Brother_HL-L2300D_series.ppd
/home/todd/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/spool/drivers/arm64/3/Brother_HL_L2300D_series_rn6.ppd
/home/todd/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/spool/drivers/arm64/3/Brother-HL-L2300D-series.ppd
/home/todd/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/spool/drivers/arm/3/Brother_HL-L2300D_series.ppd
/home/todd/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/spool/drivers/arm/3/Brother_HL_L2300D_series_rn6.ppd
/home/todd/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/spool/drivers/arm/3/Brother-HL-L2300D-series.ppd 
home/todd/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/spool/drivers/win40/0/Brother_HL-L2300D_series.ppd
/home/todd/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/spool/drivers/win40/0/Brother_HL_L2300D_series_rn6.ppd
/home/todd/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/spool/drivers/win40/0/Brother-HL-L2300D-series.ppd
/home/todd/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/spool/drivers/w32x86/3/Brother_HL-L2300D_series.ppd
/home/todd/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/spool/drivers/w32x86/3/Brother_HL_L2300D_series_rn6.ppd
/home/todd/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/spool/drivers/w32x86/3/Brother-HL-L2300D-series.ppd
/home/todd/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/spool/drivers/x64/3/Brother_HL-L2300D_series.ppd
/home/todd/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/spool/drivers/x64/3/Brother_HL_L2300D_series_rn6.ppd
/home/todd/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/spool/drivers/x64/3/Brother-HL-L2300D-series.ppd