Xsane binary patch fixed
Xsane is an app for use with scanners. I do own an old flat-bed
scanner, but it has been in the cupboard for years, as I find the
scanner app on my phone is very good.
Xsane puts up a warning message if run as root. I hate it when
developers decide to be policeman and tell us what we should or should
not do. Especially when 'root' does not necessarily mean full admin
privileges (such as crippled root in a container). Anyway, WoofQ applies
a patch to the binary executable, that removes that warning.
Note, VLC does the same thing, and WoofQ has a patch for that. VLC
does try to determine if running in a container, and won't put up the
warning in that case -- except that it only detects a couple of the
mainstream container architectures. Being policeman again, very
annoying.
However, the patch does not work with the Xsane DEB from the Buster
10.4 repository. I have fixed the patch. This is in the 'FIXUPHACK'
script in the packages-templates/xsane in WoofQ.
Tags: easy