From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DC87B1396D9 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2017 08:39:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B1E1CE0E62; Mon, 30 Oct 2017 08:39:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost03c.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost03c.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 55E9BE0E56 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2017 08:39:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.83.178] (helo=mail.digimed.co.uk) by smarthost03c.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1e95bg-00037C-1v for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 30 Oct 2017 08:39:40 +0000 Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 81D8E6828D for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2017 08:39:38 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 08:39:33 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] insane backends Message-ID: <20171030083933.23015622@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20171030023931.GA1980@ca.inter.net> References: <20171030023931.GA1980@ca.inter.net> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.15.1-dirty (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; boundary="Sig_/YHTxgZTHndVaRDuxv0FyXnK"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Originating-smarthost03c-IP: [82.69.83.178] Feedback-ID: 82.69.83.178 X-Archives-Salt: 55c832c3-59be-4e38-a2d5-a54adbb7fb03 X-Archives-Hash: ad2b6951e68c79b3354c29ff362657e2 --Sig_/YHTxgZTHndVaRDuxv0FyXnK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 22:39:31 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > 'sane-backends-1.0.27' just stabilised, so I updated to it. > Previously I had selected 4 items from the list in SANE_BACKENDS, > which is shown by 'emerge', ie 'epson epson2 plustek plustek_pp'. > My scanner is an 'Epson V550 Photo'. >=20 > Wanting to test which of the 4 items above was needed, I tried each. > Inadvertently, I tried emerging 'sane-backends' with none included > & discovered that my scanner still works regardless ! ISTR that with use_expanded variables like this, if you don't set the variable then all options are enabled, so you've just built an un-gentoolike version that works everywhere. You could check this by using qlist to see what has been installed with and without SANE_BACKENDS set. --=20 Neil Bothwick In plumbing, a straight flush is better than a full house. --Sig_/YHTxgZTHndVaRDuxv0FyXnK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE8k9T/rX16EJxEKG692eFu0QSMJgFAln25UUACgkQ92eFu0QS MJiITw/+P6CDF4TuV3cJrfRWfIVoz7C1fx04vFTBePzBMtz9tWzj7iKiIgQ5QPlr bY5OTYdjXrN1Ups/GdZ/Vin93qqx2gCaZMBzJVc0uOTkrSw0/iwEae/P5ByDI0G/ 5mVlwgpW18MUx0J1U8F65u+KNZLL2TEsXjxjBjyOYjJJzxgHNeHDEWSM41DNQFY7 yTewWfRDMqQJWRkM4SGW1Bo0PfyxNUYp/q4/1DnymSGDNS5jDG3l4B2zNgnjpnWa 24slkI/K2Si9OzEvxM+O4fZsC8qG/+0rokvg7yQhZuI5sGHH0U1YphRiDIDuhCA1 awildRPlcAv/OjOJhtAWPs4kZqurOnifbXFUf8igbcc+yjcq+HQjLWJy3i0JMuGz HSMH6IQjTY9GTzQjnna/8GX/ho9UPiTLgKUabziXhUcr/H8yfwGSFqAYQwQgEyu2 H7uG82Z6X/eaQHYxK793BeTMEjKGNqkQSijjYofTmwRAgkpN/Nx117r9vY6ZfSIs CjWNhzpOz1mzl5aEKHYdlvTG2ArK/2Bffue0H/MzrzqELi+oFRSwxSL7FwjM1boX oprcm0j4Jc9ZYLSWgjfgZIpUWBpT7f5i+piCdNqCpmE6w0TNjJ6yn049LRVXE052 oI7CQrYoj4EJ7ZzdBWizdMcvse99soi1Tm0OsDMWMlj2YSGd3KY= =vZ6G -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/YHTxgZTHndVaRDuxv0FyXnK--