[Mageia-discuss] hplip update in progress - feedback needed

Fri Sep 9 09:46:46 CEST 2011

Am 09.09.2011 02:45, schrieb TJ:
+> On 09/08/2011 02:30 PM, Florian Hubold wrote:
+>> Am 08.09.2011 17:08, schrieb TJ:
+>>> On 09/07/2011 07:43 AM, Florian Hubold wrote:
+>>>> Am 07.09.2011 13:29, schrieb Florian Hubold:
+>>>
+>>>>> No cauldron users with HP printers? Please guys, c'mon!
+>>>>> Any feedback is really appreciated.
+>>>>>
+>>>> CC'ing -discuss for more potential feedback. Hope i got the header
+>>>>
+>>>
+>>> Some information which may or may not be useful...
+>>>
+>>> When discussing a printing bug concerning duplex printing with the
+>>> HPLIP folks, I was asked for the output of the command hp-check -t.
+>>> That output reported several missing dependencies, some from compile
+>>> time, others from runtime. I was unconcerned with the compile time
+>>> ones, but when I looked using urpmi, all the runtime dependencies were
+>>> reported as installed.
+>>>
+>>> I do not have the expertise to speculate on this. I merely report it.
+>>>
+>>> TJ
+>>>
+>>>
+>> Checked this directly after updating. Everything is installed and found.
+>> Was that with the older hplip version? Could you please recheck now with
+>> 3.11.7?
+>>
+> Yes, it was with hplip 3.11.3a. It just seemed like something you should look 
+> into. I had similar results with Mandriva 2010.2 and hplip 3.11.5. Did you 
+> happen to run hp-check with the older hplip before the update? Perhaps these 
+> unfound dependencies are unique to my machine somehow.
+>
+> My one and only Mageia install is being used as my production install, and 
+> I'd rather not take the chance of messing it up with packages from Cauldron. 
+> I probably wouldn't know how to get it back from a disaster without a 
+> complete reinstall - not a pleasant prospect.
+>
+> I'm *WAY* out of my depth when participating in these discussions. I 
+> appreciate your patience with me.
+>
+> TJ
+>
+>
+Maybe it's the same issue like Remy reported on the -dev mailing list?
+hp-check, as you can see for a short time during it's running, checks
+for compile-time and runtime-dependencies. And the compile-time
+dependencies are not interesting. But run-time dependencies
+should all be found.
+Check with hp-check -r -t ;)
+