This 404 still seems to be situation. Wayback machine last snapshot of this file is from 2022-04-20: https://web.archive.org/web/20220420014143/http://hplip.sourceforge.net/plugin.conf
As far as I can tell, hp-plugin cannot function without this file being available on the web site, so nobody has been able to install HP printers requiring these drivers since some time in spring 2022? ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #2129849 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2129849 ** Also affects: hplip (Fedora) via https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2129849 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to hplip in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1989508 Title: hp-plugin unable to load plugin.conf Status in HPLIP: New Status in hplip package in Ubuntu: New Status in hplip package in Fedora: Unknown Bug description: Linux hp-plugin fails on Fedora 35 with the error: error: Plugin download failed with error code = 8 error: file does not match its checksum. File may have been corrupted or altered When running "hp-plugin -l debug" the reason turns out to be that http://hplip.sourceforge.net/plugin.conf does not exist: hp-plugin[540794]: debug: wget returned: 0 hp-plugin[540794]: debug: --2022-09-13 23:23:02-- http://hplip.sf.net/plugin.conf Resolving hplip.sf.net (hplip.sf.net)... 204.68.111.100 Connecting to hplip.sf.net (hplip.sf.net)|204.68.111.100|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently Location: http://hplip.sourceforge.net/plugin.conf [following] --2022-09-13 23:23:02-- http://hplip.sourceforge.net/plugin.conf Resolving hplip.sourceforge.net (hplip.sourceforge.net)... 204.68.111.100 Reusing existing connection to hplip.sf.net:80. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 2022-09-13 23:23:02 ERROR 404: Not Found. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1989508/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
