libusb 0.1.8 problems

I've been trying off and on to get hpoj to compile with libusb version
0.1.8 for a while with no success until today. It was always giving me
errors when trying to link ExMgr.cpp. Libusb version 0.1.7 would work
without problem, but 0.1.8 didn't. I figure out it's because the install
of libusb doesn't put the .so extension on the shared objects it
installs! I sent them a bug report [0] to notify them of this. 

This was a big problem for me, since the linux kernel removed the
scanner module, causing sane to need libusb, but it seemed to need
version 0.1.8 of the library. Oddly enough, sane-backends compiled fine
with the .so extension missing... 

Anyways, hopefuly someone else will find this helpful. I seem to recall
a few other messages on this list about libusb problems.



[0]
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=960978&group_id=1674&atid=101674

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQBAtJl8guMt4JzzNdARAjSNAJ9CC3YILSNUkMvnFqNfEtVcuVWvlwCdGdfn
oa2EL/fnrmmNEU51372v538=
=Rvri
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----