[sane-devel] Using a new backend with an old sane

[Christophe Gaubert]

Le 26/09/09, Christophe Gaubert a écrit :

> > it should work. you will just have to make sure to:
> > 
> > 1. give the correct arguments to configure
> > 2. setup the correct symlinks in /usr/lib/sane
> > 3. copy the config file to /etc/sane.d
> > 4. add the name of the backend to /etc/sane.d/dll.conf  
> 
> Thanks for the recipe :-)
> Now, I only need to translate it in a recipe with 20 000 steps -_-
> 
> Indeed, the scanner is owned by a linux newbie. He has just installed
> Mandriva for the first time and he's asking for help on another
> mailing list...

I just wanted to add : it worked like a charm !

The "old" sane 1.0.19 use now the new backend through symbolic links
and "my" newbie is happy :-) (and me too, of course ^^)

-- 
Christophe Gaubert