diff -urN cups-1.2.0.orig/scheduler/main.c cups-1.2.0/scheduler/main.c
--- cups-1.2.0.orig/scheduler/main.c	2006-05-10 14:37:13.293405000 -0500
+++ cups-1.2.0/scheduler/main.c	2006-05-10 14:49:23.439036250 -0500
@@ -141,17 +141,32 @@
   int			launchd_idle_exit;
 					/* Idle exit on select timeout? */
 #endif	/* HAVE_LAUNCHD */
-
+  int                   only_ppds;      /* Just build ppds.dat */
 
  /*
   * Check for command-line arguments...
   */
 
   fg = 0;
+  only_ppds = 0;
 
   for (i = 1; i < argc; i ++)
     if (argv[i][0] == '-')
-      for (opt = argv[i] + 1; *opt != '\0'; opt ++)
+      {
+	if (argv[i][1] == '-')
+	{
+	  if (!strcmp (&argv[i][2], "ppdsdat"))
+	  {
+	    fg = only_ppds = 1;
+	  }
+	  else
+	  {
+            fprintf(stderr, "cupsd: Unknown option \'%s\' - aborting!\n",
+		    &argv[i][2]);
+	    usage(0);
+	  }
+	}
+	else for (opt = argv[i] + 1; *opt != '\0'; opt ++)
         switch (*opt)
 	{
 	  case 'c' : /* Configuration file */
@@ -231,6 +246,7 @@
 	      usage(1);
 	      break;
 	}
+      }
     else
     {
       _cupsLangPrintf(stderr, _("cupsd: Unknown argument \"%s\" - aborting!\n"),
@@ -466,6 +482,9 @@
   signal(SIGTERM, sigterm_handler);
 #endif /* HAVE_SIGSET */
 
+  if (only_ppds)
+    return 0;
+
 #ifdef __sgi
  /*
   * Try to create a fake lpsched lock file if one is not already there.
@@ -2247,7 +2266,8 @@
 		  "-f                  Run in the foreground\n"
 		  "-F                  Run in the foreground but detach\n"
 		  "-h                  Show this usage message\n"
-		  "-l                  Run cupsd from launchd(8)\n"));
+		  "-l                  Run cupsd from launchd(8)\n"
+		  "--ppdsdat           Generate ppds database\n"));
   exit(status);
 }