[sane-devel] Version of net-snmp

[m. allan noah]

only one backend uses netsnmp, magicolor, IIRC. So you can build
without it if you don't need that.

allan

On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Paul Newall <p.newalls at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> 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
>
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