korgman wrote :

> In tree source-hplip-2.7.9 | grep hpiod there is NO hpiod

From: <URL: http://hplip.sourceforge.net/release_notes.html>

HPLIP 2.7.6 - This release has the following changes.
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2. Replaced hpiod with the new HP Multi-Point Transport Driver
(hpmud). Hpmud is a shared library instead of a daemon.
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Thomas O.

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