Re: printing

On 1/15/26 7:53 AM, Pierre Labastie ([email protected] via 
blfs-support Mailing List) wrote:
> On Thu, 2026-01-15 at 07:41 -0500, Richard wrote:
>> On 1/14/26 6:34 AM, Rainer Fiebig ([email protected] via blfs-support
>> Mailing List) wrote:
>>> Am 13.01.26 um 21:31 schrieb Richard ([email protected] via blfs-support
>>> Mailing List):
>>>
>>> / snip /
>>>
>>>> I was finally able to get hplip-3.25.8 to build and install, but
>>>> I had
>>>> to find
>>>> and correct errors in 13 different files that were supplied.
>>>> It is a mystery to me how anyone on the list was able to get this
>>>> software
>>>> working without first correcting these errors. I am also amazed
>>>> that
>>>> source code so full of errors would be released by the hp
>>>> developers.
>>>> Maybe (or probably) I am missing something simple that avoids
>>>> these
>>>> issues ...
>>>> Since discussions about hplip are not well tolerated on the list,
>>>> if anyone
>>> You received several constructive replies, so this doesn't seem a
>>> fair
>>> assessment.
>>>
>>>> is interested in what I did I am glad to supply the details by
>>>> private
>>>> email.
>>> This thread and your offer will soon be forgotten.  So it might be
>>> better to write a "Hint".  That way more users would profit from
>>> your
>>> solution.  It would also offer a chance to review what was needed
>>> to
>>> make hplip work for you and thus perhaps get to the (real) reason
>>> for
>>> the problem.
>>>
>>> Rainer
>>>
>>>
>> I would need to upload my .zip file containing the 13 files I
>> modified (with intenal comments showing the changes),
>> a simple script I used to copy the modified files to the
>> hplip source, and a readme file in order to explain what
>> I did. Is it ok to upload my .zip file to a lfs hint? I've not
>> made a hint before, but it seems the attachments are mostly
>> patches and scripts.
> Why not just make a patch which shows the diff between the upstream
> hplip source and the modified one (including comments)?
>
> Maybe I am missing something here.
>
> Regards
> Pierre
>

I am the one who is missing something, I have never made
a patch before so I would have some learning to do. It was
just easier for me to copy the files.

Richard

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