Randy McMurchy wrote these words on 02/07/13 10:48 CST: > Also, the SANE instructions have a note that the user building the package > should be a member of the scanner group. My tests show that the package is > installed *exactly the same* if the builder is, or is not, a member of the > group. > > Using the --with-group=scanner is enough to enable locking and the package > will also then install /var/lock/sane. All files installed are root:root > permissions, so I do not see where the need to be a member of the scanner > group is needed to build the package.
Please disregard this. For whatever reason, I missed it the first time around, but I see now that the locking feature is disabled if you are not a member of the scanner group. Sorry for the noise. -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.23] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 10:55:00 up 63 days, 20:54, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.08, 0.08 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
