Re: kern/50597 an addendum: reverting to sane-backends pkgsrc-2015q3 causes my scanner to be usable

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From: roy%betweentheleaves.com@localhost
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: kern/50597 an addendum: reverting to sane-backends pkgsrc-2015q3
 causes my scanner to be usable
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 15:22:23 -0700

 Martin,
 
 I am not sure whether to rely to you or to the gnats- address.  I want 
 to be most helpful and least troubling.
 Nevertheless:
 
 > On Mon, 21 Dec 2015, John D. Baker wrote:
 > 
 >> It turns out that 'gphoto2' uses "libusb" (version 0) while 
 >> "sane-backends"
 >> uses "libusb1" (version 1).  So, using 'gphoto2' to access a digital
 >> camera will not excercise the same "libusb" binary as 'scanimage' 
 >> would.
 >> 
 >> It may yet be a useful excercise to poke at 'gphoto2', although not
 >> directly applicable.
 > 
 > For what it's worth, I dug out my Nikon CoolPix L22 and gave it a whirl
 > with "gphoto2".  It worked fine on both i386 and amd64 netbsd-7 
 > machines.
 > 
 > Technically, "sane-backends" has a "gphoto2" backend, but the pkgsrc
 > system explicitly disables it from being built.
 > 
 > Trying to figure out if something else will trigger the crash.  The
 > CoolPix is the only USB gadget I have that isn't a network, printer,
 > serial port, mass-storage, or human-interface (keyboard/mouse) device.
 
 
 Hope this helps.