diff -Naur hplip-3.20.6_orig/base/utils.py hplip-3.20.6/base/utils.py
--- hplip-3.20.6_orig/base/utils.py	2020-10-03 13:17:16.325402776 +0200
+++ hplip-3.20.6/base/utils.py	2020-10-03 13:16:48.860400276 +0200
@@ -274,6 +274,13 @@
     for name in names:
         fullname = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(root, name))
 
+        if os.path.islink(fullname):
+            linkname = os.readlink(fullname);
+#            log.debug("link: %s -> %s" % (fullname,linkname))
+            if linkname == ".":
+                log.debug("skipping link: %s (.)" % fullname)
+                continue
+
         for pat in pat_list:
             if fnmatch.fnmatch(name, pat):
                 if return_folders or not os.path.isdir(fullname):