[sane-devel] sane-config and pkgconfig

2019-08-28 Thread littlesincanada
Hi, I'm trying to figure out what the deal is with sane-config. The Debian package that I have installs sane-config manpage but does not install an actual sane-config. However, there is a pkgconf file which we have in backends/tools. This is related to my efforts to get xsane building properly.

Re: [sane-devel] Umask and xsane

2019-08-28 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Hi Ralph, Ralph Little writes: > Hi, > > On Tuesday, August 27, 2019, 6:21:54 a.m. PDT, Richard Ryniker > wrote: > >> When a user changes to the scanner group in order to access the scanner, >> it would be a security fault if his images can be seen by other users in >> the scanner group.

Re: [sane-devel] XSane's future (was Re: [janitorial] post 1.0.28)

2019-08-28 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Ralph Little writes: > Hi, > > On Monday, August 26, 2019, 4:30:52 a.m. PDT, Olaf Meeuwissen > wrote: >> Done, you've now got Maintainer privileges on the frontend/xsane project. >> Thanks for stepping up! > > Crikey, that's quite the responsibility. :D > I'll try to get on with the

Re: [sane-devel] sane-config and pkgconfig

2019-08-28 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Hi Ralph, littlesincanada writes: > Hi, > I'm trying to figure out what the deal is with sane-config. > The Debian package that I have installs sane-config manpage but does not > install an actual sane-config. > However, there is a pkgconf file which we have in backends/tools. > This is related

Re: [sane-devel] Sane and scanbd

2019-08-28 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Mikhail Novosyolov writes: > 23 августа 2019 г. 4:56:34 GMT+03:00, Brian пишет: >>Hello, >> >>If there are any contributors to the project here, firstly I would like >>to say thanks! >> >>I hope someone can help with my problem… >> >>When I setup scanbd to run a script with the following

Re: [sane-devel] Umask and xsane

2019-08-28 Thread Richard Ryniker
Olaf Meeuwissen wrote on Wed, 28 Aug 2019 20:18:26 +0900: Any files created by XSane (or any SANE frontend or backend for that matter) on behalf of the user should use the user's primary group, IMNSHO, *and* honour the user's umask, no matter how odd. I agree about umask, but do not

Re: [sane-devel] Umask and xsane

2019-08-28 Thread Ralph Little
Hi, On Wednesday, August 28, 2019, 4:18:31 a.m. PDT, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > I would think such a scanner group would not be the user's primary > group.  Any files created by XSane (or any SANE frontend or backend for > that matter) on behalf of the user should use the user's primary

Re: [sane-devel] sane-config and pkgconfig

2019-08-28 Thread Ralph Little
Hi, On Wednesday, August 28, 2019, 4:43:48 a.m. PDT, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > I'd suggest modifying m4/sane.m4 to use pkg-config or simply inline the > PKG_CONFIG macro call directly in configure.ac, replacing AM_PATH_SANE. > Q: How good is your autofoo?  Are you familiar with autoconf