[sane-devel] No conf file for the hp5590 backend

[Julien BLACHE]

"Ilia Sotnikov" <hostcc at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

>> I've just got a bug report telling the backend did not work until a
>> config file was created with the appropriate USB IDs in it. Looks like
>> it's well known on various Linux forums.
>
> Could you please provide me with a link to a bug report? In fact,
> related USB IDs are hardcoded into the backend, meaning that no config
> file is necessary. Moreover, the backend don't call sanei_config*
> functions at all. Thus, the requirement for the config file to be
> present is at least strange.

That's <http://bugs.debian.org/456009>. I find it strange too, and
seeing the second bug report that came in today (456011), it looks
like it could be something else entirely unrelated.

JB.

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