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--- Begin Message ---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>
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--- Begin Message ---forwarded 960593 https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1745834 reassign 825383 hplip merge 825383 960593 thanks On Thu 14 May 2020 at 13:28:01 +0200, Otyugh wrote: > 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> > This looks distinctly similar to #825383. It is not a Debian bug and upstream HPLIP have had at least 3 years to produce a solution. Hence closing. Please feel free to get in touch with upstream. Regards, Brian.
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