On Tue, Oct 05, 2021 at 03:26:22PM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote: > > > I tried this but I still have xsane Version: 0.999-12 so there was no > > change. I couldn't find a newer version of xsane, even in Ubuntu. > > Indeed in the Ubuntu pool that I checked, the xsane directory was empty. > > You need a newer version of libsane than debian testing. Probably > packages "libsane-common" and friends. The xsane version can stay the > same. But a quick look tells me that Ubuntu repos won't be useful for > you because they also don't have the patch you need. Maybe your best bet > is to push Debian maintainers to include the patch I mentioned. They > should have it anyhow. Fedora already includes it. Well, I have been copying most of this thread to a debian bug, so I trust the Debian maintainer will pick it up soon.
I once knew a little about packaging and built a few deb packages for my own purposes, so I could probably manage to get this working with enough time. Needless to say, I don't have that time now :-) As I needed a working scanner immediately, I have now scanned my documents using an older version of xsane which was already installed on devuan live image. Thanks for the help. I will keep watching this thread. ael
