[sane-devel] [PATCHv2] sane-desc: add support for udev's hwdb

[Stef]

On 18/07/2013 01:27, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> udev now comes with a hardware database (hwdb) which is meant to replace large
> rule files as the one typically shipped with sane. This should significantly
> speed up the processing of usb add events.
>
> Add the required output format and add a special udev output mode which is
> produces the udev file to be used with hwdb.
>
> Sample hwdb file: <https://dev.archlinux.org/~tomegun/20-sane.hwdb>.
> Sample udev+hwdb rules file:
>                         <https://dev.archlinux.org/~tomegun/53-sane.rules>.
>
> Similar support was recently added to gphoto2:
>                              <http://sourceforge.net/p/gphoto/code/14490/>.
>
> The new udev rules file does not support old udev/kernels as these anyway
> don't support hwdb.
>
> Moreover, it does not come with GROUP=/MODE= or ACL support as this can easily
> be done externally by hooking into the libsane_matched envvar. In particular
> systemd-logind uses this to do its own ACL handling.
> ---
>

     Hello,

     before applying this patch I'm considering adding a testsuite for 
sane-desc first. Since it is too big to be in-lined, I have posted the 
corresponding patch athttp://dl.free.fr/vzjrF6ete . It adds a tools 
subdirectory to the testsuite directory. In this directory, a test .desc 
file is parsed with sane-desc for all known modes and the resulting 
files are compared to the expected files.

I am waiting for your comments and suggestions.

Regards,
     Stef