[sane-devel] Mustek ScanExpress A3 USB 1200 PRO

[scar]

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surely there is something we can learn from the linux packages mustek
provides[1]?

i know there were reports of them not working, but still i downloaded
and extracted the deb package.  it contains a few files:

./usr:
bin/  etc/  lib/

./usr/bin:
gamma4scanimage*  sane-config*  sane-find-scanner*  scanimage*

./usr/etc:
sane.d/

./usr/etc/sane.d:
dll.conf*

./usr/lib:
libsane.la*  libsane.so@  libsane.so.1@  libsane.so.1.0.19*  sane/

./usr/lib/sane:
libsane-mustek_usb2.la*  libsane-mustek_usb2.so.1@
libsane-mustek_usb2.so@  libsane-mustek_usb2.so.1.0.19*


they put dll.conf in /usr/etc/sane.d but on my system it resides in just
/etc/sane.d.

if i installed it, i would have to use --force-architecture.  also, it
will overwrite the files i currently have installed.  if, i want to
remove it will it what will happen?  will it just delete the files or
does dpkg make backups or something so it will revert to the previous files?

maybe it's possible to manually backup some of the current files i have
and copy over the files from this package?


1.
http://www.mustek.com.tw/apprg/showdriverinfo?LID=2&PRODUCTID=SE_A3USB1200Pro&LSID=8
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