What the best way to debug CUPS - can it run side by side with an existing install?

[HattonLe]

Hi,
Trying to figure out a way of debugging cups that a) doesn't require a lot of hacks, b) doesn't break cups and c) hopefully break my existing cups.

Can you debug run cups side by side with an existing installation? i.e. without messing up your existing printing infrastructure (beyond stopping it). Is there a way you configure the cups you want to debug. I've tried changing some of the paths in "config.in" but no luck so far avoiiding a "make install".

[michaelrsweet]

When I need to, I install my local CUPS 2.5/3.0 stuff to /usr/local and leave the system-supplied CUPS alone. Most of my CUPS 2.5 testing happens in the source/build directory (using "make testserver") so I can test things without installing.