[Pkg-hpijs-devel] Bug#476126: Bug:#476126 hplip: postrm attempts to remove group scanner unconditionally

[Julien BLACHE]

Mark Purcell <msp at debian.org> wrote:

Hi,

> Is hplip able to rely on libsane to add and remove the scanner group as 
> required?

Yes, absolutely. libsane has been using (and creating) the scanner
group for years now.

Also, when you create users and/or groups, you never ever remove them
with the package. Users and groups must remain on the system even
after the package has been purged.

> Looking through launchpad[1] I see that they are now using HAL rather than the 
> scanner group for access.  Is that relevant to debian?

I provide the HAL fdi file in Debian too, but HAL is not mandatory and
libsane still ships udev rules and will continue to do so.

JB.

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