From: alexm0n@gmail.com   
      
   On Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:07:33 -0000 (UTC), Lew Pitcher wrote:   
      
   >It turns out that the Slackware aaa_elflibs package includes two   
   >libraries that the Cups package also supplies (/usr/lib64/libcups.so.2   
   >and  /usr/lib64/libcupsimage.so.2), which (as they had regestered in   
   >ld.so.conf ahead of my new libraries) interfered with the proper   
   >execution of the new filters.   
   >   
   >I temporarily worked around this by softlinking those two libraries   
   >to my new libraries in /usr/local/lib64, and managed to properly print   
   >to the new printer. I recognize that this solution does not represent   
   >the best fix for the problem, andI will pursue a better solution as I   
   >progress in this install.   
   >   
   >So, a caveat for those of you who are looking at replacing Cups, if   
   >you find that you get filter failures when you shouldn't, check for   
   >interfering libraries that aaa_elflibs may have populated.   
      
      
   That's some good sleuthing work :) Thanks for sharing.   
      
   You wouldn't think printing would be on the list of "things that must   
   absolutely work immediately after aaa_elflibs is installed and other system   
   packages might be partially installed" (if I'm thinking correctly of   
   aaa_elflibs' purpose)   
      
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