Package: hplip Version: 3.18.12+dfsg0-2 Severity: minor Dear Maintainer,
By default, the script asking for root priviledge in hplip ("/usr/share/hplip/base/password.py") asks for root privilege only. Most debian user use "sudo" and this behaviour is as easy to fix : sed -ri "s|^( +'debian': ')su(',)|\1sudo\2|" "/usr/share/hplip/base/password.py" If you don't do that, people who did not set up a root password (ie. installing though calamares or via a preseed jumping this step) will get stuck. I recognize it's not a proper fix, one should check if sudo binary exist and just use it or use su instead... If I did know a tiny bit of python I'd attach a patch :( The bug I'm talking about is already repported upstream there 3 YEARS AGO <https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1660361>