On Wed, 1 Nov 2017 17:28:41 -0400, Philip Webb wrote:

> 171101 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > On Wed, 1 Nov 2017 14:26:15 -0400, Philip Webb wrote:  
> >> 'qlist sane-backends | grep usr/lib64/sane'
> >> Here all I get is :
> >>   root:552 log> qlist sane-backends | grep usr/lib64/sane
> >>     /usr/lib64/sane/libsane-dll.so.1
> >>     /usr/lib64/sane/libsane-dll.so
> >>     /usr/lib64/sane/libsane-dll.so.1.0.27
> >>   root:553 log>  
> > Which looks like you have no backends installed, so why does it
> > work?  
> 
>   root:560 lib64> ls -l sane
>     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     21 Oct 29 22:23 libsane-dll.so ->
> libsane-dll.so.1.0.27 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     21 Oct 29 22:23
> libsane-dll.so.1 -> libsane-dll.so.1.0.27 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  35248
> Oct 29 22:23 libsane-dll.so.1.0.27 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    955 Jun
> 20  2016 libsane-epkowa.la lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     24 May  5 18:06
> libsane-epkowa.so.1 -> libsane-epkowa.so.1.0.15 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root
> 295080 Jun 20  2016 libsane-epkowa.so.1.0.15 root:561 lib64>
> 
> There is a driver left from the previous update.
> 
> Any explanation why it's still there ?

Something broke...[1]

> Anyway clearly, your previous explanation
> -- that if no backend is specified, all are enabled -- was off-target
> (smile).

It was a suggestion not an explanation, I did prefix it with ISTR ;-)
Reading the ebuild now, it is clear that one specified backends are
installed.

 [1] do you really think I'm going to say anything more specific
than that now :P


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