Re: problems with hplip package

[Thomas Klausner <wiz%gatalith.at@localhost>]

On Wed, Aug 26, 2026 at 09:27:21PM +0100, Dave Tyson wrote:
> Running any of the utilities results in an error. e.g:
> 
> hp-probe -bnet      
> /usr/pkg/bin/hp-probe:45: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
>   ("", "<bus>: cups, usb\*, net, bt, fw, par (\*default) (Note: bt and
> fw not supported in this release.)", "option", False),
> /usr/pkg/bin/hp-probe:49: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
>   ("", "<filter list>: comma separated list of one or more of: scan,
> pcard, fax, copy, or none\*. (\*none is the default)", "option",
> False),
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/pkg/bin/hp-probe", line 37, in <module>
>     from base.g import *
>   File "/usr/pkg/share/hplip/base/g.py", line 240, in <module>
>     sys_conf = SysConfig()
>   File "/usr/pkg/share/hplip/base/g.py", line 185, in __init__
>     ConfigBase.__init__(self, '/usr/pkg/etc/hp/hplip.conf')
>     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>   File "/usr/pkg/share/hplip/base/g.py", line 90, in __init__
>     self.read()
>     ~~~~~~~~~^^
>   File "/usr/pkg/share/hplip/base/g.py", line 131, in read
>     self.conf.readfp(fp)
>     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> AttributeError: 'ConfigParser' object has no attribute 'readfp'. Did
> you mean: 'read'?

This patch looks relevant, can you try it?

https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/hplip/-/commit/694b4720d7802f6c679e810551de39d242b0b1b6

Cheers,
 Thomas