Bug#1029459: hp-plugin crashes when trying to download plugin with error NameError: name 'get_distro_std_name' is not defined. Did you mean: 'get_distro_name'?

[Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com>]

forwarded 1029459 https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/2003739
thanks




> On Mon, Jan 23 2023 at 04:57:16 PM +00:00:00 +00:00:00, Brian Potkin
> <claremont102@gmail.com> wrote:

> > My attempt with
> > 
> >   sh -i hplip-3.22.10-plugin.run
> > 
> > failed over an ssh link. This is an upstream issue.
> > get_distro_std_name is not used in hplip-3.22.6.
> > Please report at
> > 
> >   https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bugs
> > 
> 
> If you are already familiar with launchpad, can you file it?

OK.

> > I would query the severity of grave rather than
> > imortant. Plugin files can be installed with
> > 
> >   sh hplip-<version>-plugin.run --tar vxf
> >   python3 installPlugin.py
> > 
> 
> Lowered severity to important. Though we probably have to document it
> somewhere more visible until this is fixed.

Thanks. The technique is not well knwn but it is viable.

Regards,

Brian.