[sane-devel] Version of net-snmp

[Paul Newall]

I have ubuntu 11.10 with net-snmp 5.4.3
sane-backends configure says net-snmp 5.6 is needed

Can anyone explain how the dependencies are determined for sane-backends?
Since cups can use net-snmp 5.4.3 to find printers, is it really necessary 
to have 5.6 ?
Is there some very useful extra feature in 5.6 ?
Do many backends need 5.6 ?

Am I likely to sucessfully detect an aio printer/scanner using 5.4.3 if I 
ignore the variable passed from configure?

Thanks
Paul