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On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 22:39:31 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> 'sane-backends-1.0.27' just stabilised, so I updated to it. |
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> Previously I had selected 4 items from the list in SANE_BACKENDS, |
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> which is shown by 'emerge', ie 'epson epson2 plustek plustek_pp'. |
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> My scanner is an 'Epson V550 Photo'. |
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> Wanting to test which of the 4 items above was needed, I tried each. |
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> Inadvertently, I tried emerging 'sane-backends' with none included |
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> & discovered that my scanner still works regardless ! |
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ISTR that with use_expanded variables like this, if you don't set the |
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variable then all options are enabled, so you've just built an |
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un-gentoolike version that works everywhere. |
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You could check this by using qlist to see what has been installed with |
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and without SANE_BACKENDS set. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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In plumbing, a straight flush is better than a full house. |