On Monday, 29 January 2018 2:46:40 PM EST Brian Potkin wrote: > Without any change to password.py the plugin will install with > > sudo hp-plugin -i > > So what was chrysn referring to?
Perhaps my case can serve as an illustrative example: Every time hplip package updates, the next time I go to scan something with my MFC (using gscan2pdf, say), I get a prompt that I need to download the plugin. (Is that itself a bug?) Of course it fails because my system has no root password, only sudo. In principle, the edit-password.py workaround does work, except that the package update also typically means password.py gets overwritten. And the sudo hp-plugin -i approach has issues: * "warning: It is not recommended to run 'hp-plugin' in a root mode." * "error: Unable to recieve key from keyserver" It's a bit frustrating. I have to remember to either edit password.py or run sudo hp-plugin -i every time the package updates. (Come to think of it, an install hook would be nice...) On Monday, 29 January 2018 6:03:19 PM EST Reinhard John wrote: > But as Brian pointed out, this is just a workaround, not a solution. > hp-doctor should be able to accept both types of verification. This is > intended in the file /usr/share/hplip/doctor.py (line 102 to 122) and it > doesn´t work, at least not with debian. And this is undoubtedly a bug. > We will see whether the hplip developers will react to my bug report there. hp-plugin, too. Do you have your upstream bug number handy? I'd like to follow progress (if any). Thanks, Brendon