[sane-devel] Using a new backend with an old sane

[m. allan noah]

it should work. you will just have to make sure to:

1. give the correct arguments to configure
2. setup the correct symlinks in /usr/lib/sane
3. copy the config file to /etc/sane.d
4. add the name of the backend to /etc/sane.d/dll.conf

But honestly, it might be easier to rebuild the entire sane-backends
package. BTW- sane 1.0.20 is more than 4 months old, what is your
distro waiting for? :)

allan

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Christophe Gaubert
<christophe.gaubert at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi every one,
>
> I'm asking a question for someone else who owns a HP scanjet 4400C.
>
> The backend rts8891 is very recent and isn't included in any version of
> our linux distribution (Mandriva).
>
> In the FAQ, I see it's possible to compile only one backend :
> http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljm/SANE-faq.html#44
>
> But is it possible to use it with an older version of sane (1.0.19) ?
> Maybe copying the involved files under /usr/lib/sane where the other
> backends are ?
>
> In my distribution, I see there is also a bunch of files
> under /etc/sane.d. Maybe there's one file to put there ?
>
> Thanks for your help. I hope my idea isn't too crazy ^^
>
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> Christophe Gaubert
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