udev-096 complains about the length of line 773 in file /etc/udev/99-libsane.rules (sane-backends-1.0.18-r1). You must admit 559 chars for a comment, it quite looong ;-) No issue.
I think it is a problem. On first installing sane, if you don't spot the too-long error during startup you can waste a lot of time in fruitless searches for other causes of nonoperation of your scanner. Admittedly, the cure is simple once the problem is found, but you have to find it first.
Added a workaround to sane-desc which truncates the comment if it's getting too long. In CVS as 1.0.18-r2. Thanks for the hint.
(In reply to comment #1) > I think it is a problem. On first installing sane, if you don't spot the > too-long error during startup you can waste a lot of time in fruitless searches > for other causes of nonoperation of your scanner. Are you sure this causes nonoperation? After a quick glance at the source I think it just skips processing this single comment line, not the whole file.
Thanks Patrick. Fine for the reporter of the bug.
(In reply to comment #3) > Are you sure this causes nonoperation? After a quick glance at the source I > think it just skips processing this single comment line, not the whole file. Perhaps you're right. I just know that I couldn't get my scanner working until I removed the long line, and it does work now. Mere coincidence?
(In reply to comment #5) > Perhaps you're right. I just know that I couldn't get my scanner working until > I removed the long line, and it does work now. Mere coincidence? Maybe, though I wouldn't bet on it. Perhaps you could try to reproduce this?
(In reply to comment #6) > > Perhaps you could try to reproduce this? Hmm... On restoring the original file I find the scanner still works, so it seems that Francois was right in the insignificance of the problem. I don't know what combination of circumstances conspired to make me think the long line had prevented my scanner from working, but I'm sorry to have made waves.
