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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] insane backends
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 08:39:49
Message-Id: 20171030083933.23015622@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] insane backends by Philip Webb
1 On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 22:39:31 -0400, Philip Webb wrote:
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3 > 'sane-backends-1.0.27' just stabilised, so I updated to it.
4 > Previously I had selected 4 items from the list in SANE_BACKENDS,
5 > which is shown by 'emerge', ie 'epson epson2 plustek plustek_pp'.
6 > My scanner is an 'Epson V550 Photo'.
7 >
8 > Wanting to test which of the 4 items above was needed, I tried each.
9 > Inadvertently, I tried emerging 'sane-backends' with none included
10 > & discovered that my scanner still works regardless !
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12 ISTR that with use_expanded variables like this, if you don't set the
13 variable then all options are enabled, so you've just built an
14 un-gentoolike version that works everywhere.
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16 You could check this by using qlist to see what has been installed with
17 and without SANE_BACKENDS set.
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21 Neil Bothwick
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23 In plumbing, a straight flush is better than a full house.

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Re: [gentoo-user] insane backends Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>