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
But honestly, it might be easier to rebuild the entire sane-backends package. BTW- sane 1.0.20 is more than 4 months old, what is your distro waiting for? :) allan On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Christophe Gaubert <christophe.gaubert at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi every one, > > I'm asking a question for someone else who owns a HP scanjet 4400C. > > The backend rts8891 is very recent and isn't included in any version of > our linux distribution (Mandriva). > > In the FAQ, I see it's possible to compile only one backend : > http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljm/SANE-faq.html#44 > > But is it possible to use it with an older version of sane (1.0.19) ? > Maybe copying the involved files under /usr/lib/sane where the other > backends are ? > > In my distribution, I see there is also a bunch of files > under /etc/sane.d. Maybe there's one file to put there ? > > Thanks for your help. I hope my idea isn't too crazy ^^ > > -- > Christophe Gaubert > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > ? ? ? ? ? ? to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
