On Thu, 14 Sep 2023 16:54:27 -0400 Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> Still going on with this? I am. > Have you actually looked at those two files: > > /lib/udev/rules.d/60-libsane1.rules and > /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-libsane1.rules > > to see if they're identical or not and to see if you might have an > idea how to merge them? Yes, I did. On some hosts they are identical, on others they're different. That's why I asked how to handle that. > `usrmerge` did give you a pretty clear explanation of the problem it's > facing (AFAIC) It does indeed. > and I believe it should be very easy to address it Everything is easy if you only know how to do it. As I said, on some hosts they are identical. So what to do? Can I delete one of them? If yes, which one? On other hosts they differ, here the first lines: /lib/ # This file was generated from description files (*.desc) # by sane-desc 3.6 from sane-backends 1.1.1-debian # # udev rules file for supported USB and SCSI devices # # For the list of supported USB devices see /lib/udev/hwdb.d/20-sane.hwdb # # The SCSI device support is very basic and includes only # scanners that mark themselves as type "scanner" or # SCSI-scanners from HP and other vendors that are entitled "processor" # but are treated accordingly. # # If your SCSI scanner isn't listed below, you can add it to a new rules # file under /etc/udev/rules.d/. # # If your scanner is supported by some external backend (brother, epkowa, # hpaio, etc) please ask the author of the backend to provide proper # device detection support for your OS # # If the scanner is supported by sane-backends, please mail the entry to # the sane-devel mailing list (sane-de...@alioth-lists.debian.net). # ACTION=="remove", GOTO="libsane_rules_end" … /usr/lib/ # This file was generated from description files (*.desc) # by sane-desc 3.6 from sane-backends 1.0.31-debian # # udev rules file for supported USB and SCSI devices # # For the list of supported USB devices see /lib/udev/hwdb.d/20-sane.hwdb # # The SCSI device support is very basic and includes only # scanners that mark themselves as type "scanner" or # SCSI-scanners from HP and other vendors that are entitled "processor" # but are treated accordingly. # # If your SCSI scanner isn't listed below, you can add it to a new rules # file under /etc/udev/rules.d/. # # If your scanner is supported by some external backend (brother, epkowa, # hpaio, etc) please ask the author of the backend to provide proper # device detection support for your OS # # If the scanner is supported by sane-backends, please mail the entry to # the sane-devel mailing list (sane-de...@alioth-lists.debian.net). # ACTION!="add", GOTO="libsane_rules_end" … So the file in /lib appears to be newer. So what to do? Can I delete the one in /usr/lib ? > (no need to play with anything funny like setting up a VM or > mounting the disk from some other system). Which is good because that's not that easy, apparently. Thank you for your replies and support regarding this matter. Marco
