Clarify meaning of printer errors (Issue #5404)

[thirdparty/cups.git] / man / cups-snmp.man.in

diff --git a/man/cups-snmp.man.in b/man/cups-snmp.man.in
index 5664f8940694cc9486c2ad94d2b4c8e3528d348b..b875bbf837c4da42c6708a2b379ef0d473233221 100644 (file)
--- a/man/cups-snmp.man.in
+++ b/man/cups-snmp.man.in
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 .\"
 .\" SNMP backend man page for CUPS.
 .\"
-.\" Copyright 2012-2014 by Apple Inc.
+.\" Copyright © 2012-2018 by Apple Inc.
 .\"
-.\" Licensed under Apache License v2.0.  See the file "LICENSE" for more information.
+.\" Licensed under Apache License v2.0.  See the file "LICENSE" for more
+.\" information.
 .\"
-.TH cups-snmp 8 "CUPS" "10 June 2014" "Apple Inc."
+.TH cups-snmp 8 "CUPS" "8 November 2018" "Apple Inc."
 .SH NAME
 snmp \- cups snmp backend
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ snmp \- cups snmp backend
 .B \-\-include-schemes
 snmp
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-The CUPS SNMP backend provides legacy discovery and identification of network printers using SNMPv1.
+The \fBDEPRECATED\fR CUPS SNMP backend provides legacy discovery and identification of network printers using SNMPv1.
 When used for discovery through the scheduler, the backend will list all printers that respond to a broadcast SNMPv1 query with the "public" community name.
 Additional queries are then sent to printers that respond in order to determine the correct device URI, make and model, and other information needed for printing.
 .LP
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ The MaxRunTime value can be overridden using the CUPS_MAX_RUN_TIME environment v
 The SNMP backend reads the \fI/etc/cups/snmp.conf\fR configuration file, if
 present, to set the default broadcast address, community name, and logging
 level.
+.SH NOTES
+The CUPS SNMP backend is deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future
+version of CUPS.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 The CUPS SNMP backend uses the information from the Host, Printer, and Port Monitor MIBs along with some vendor private MIBs and intelligent port probes to determine the correct device URI and make and model for each printer.
 .SH SEE ALSO
@@ -49,4 +53,4 @@ The CUPS SNMP backend uses the information from the Host, Printer, and Port Moni
 .BR lpinfo (8),
 CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \[co] 2007-2017 by Apple Inc.
+Copyright \[co] 2007-2018 by Apple Inc.