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#1076154 When hplip-data is installed, Python 3.12 through 3.13.5-1 reports various invalid escape sequences for multiple files in /usr/share/hplip #1076154

Package:: hplip-data

Source:: hplip-data

Submitter:: Brian Lindholm

Date:: 2026-08-06 00:21:07 UTC

Severity:: normal

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#1076154#5

Date:: 2024-07-11 16:25:47 UTC

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Dear Maintainer,

When the main python3 package is updated, it runs rtupdate hooks. Now
that Debian testing is on Python 3.12, these hooks yield copious error
messages on files in /usr/share/hplip/base.  Examples include the
following:

/usr/share/hplip/base/device.py:49: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  http_result_pat = re.compile("""HTTP/\d.\d\s(\d+)""", re.I)

/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:37: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  pat_prod_num = re.compile("""(\d+)""", re.I)

/usr/share/hplip/base/password.py:212: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\['
  cb = cb.replace("[", "\[")

The following two pages may help explain:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77531208/python3-12-syntaxwarning-on-triplequoted-string-d-must-be-d

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52335970/how-to-fix-syntaxwarning-invalid-escape-sequence-in-python

#1076154#10

Date:: 2024-07-11 19:39:56 UTC

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I ran into the same problem at Ubuntu. See the hplip 3.23.12+dfsg0-0ubuntu4
package in Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat). We have added the patch

debian/patches/0086-hplip-use-raw-strings.patch

here which marks the strings as raw strings. This should be ported over to Debian.

Also please check the newest upstream version of HPLIP, once it can have this
already fixed and second, it makes generally sense to use the newest version ...

    Till

#1076154#17

Date:: 2024-09-15 08:58:09 UTC

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clone 1076154 -1
reassign -1 seahorse-adventures
thanks

Hello Stefano,
Am Sun, Sep 15, 2024 at 07:12:02AM +0000 schrieb Stefano Rivera:

As advised by you, I clone this bug to seahorse-adventures as well. (Please read my part).

As there is nothing reported there, no (force) merging is necessary.

For the seahorse-adventures maintainers:

Yesterday the daily dist-upgrade threw the following messages:

 /usr/share/games/seahorse-adventures/lib/pgu/gui/theme.py:106: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\.'
   is_image = re.compile('\.(gif|jpg|bmp|png|tga)$', re.I)
 /usr/share/games/seahorse-adventures/lib/pgu/html.py:115: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\D'
   anum = re.compile("\D")
 /usr/share/games/seahorse-adventures/lib/pgu/html.py:432: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\s'
   txt = re.compile("\s+").sub(" ",txt)

According to Stefano, you need to fix this in seahorse-adventures

Greetings

          Helge

#1076154#22

Date:: 2025-04-28 07:58:59 UTC

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Hello,
today on dist-upgrade I saw the following:
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:444: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  re.compile('^in-tray(\d+)', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_BOOL,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:445: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  re.compile('^out-tray(\d+)', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_BOOL,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:446: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  re.compile('^model(\d+)', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_STR,
/usr/share/hplip/base/password.py:212: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\['
  cb = cb.replace("[", "\[")
/usr/share/hplip/base/password.py:213: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\]'
  cb = cb.replace("]", "\]")
/usr/share/hplip/base/queues.py:48: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
  NICKNAME_PATTERN = re.compile(b'''\*NickName:\s*\"(.*)"''', re.MULTILINE)
/usr/share/hplip/base/status.py:1335: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\s'
  pjl_code_pat = re.compile("""^CODE\s*=\s*(\d.*)$""", re.IGNORECASE)
/usr/share/hplip/base/tui.py:220: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\|'
  self.spinner = "\|/-\|/-*"
/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py:150: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\w'
  lis = ((re.findall('SystemGroup [\w* ]*',fp.read()))[0].replace('SystemGroup ','')).split(' ')
/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py:1584: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
  USAGE_LOGGING2 = ("", "<level>: none, info\*, error, warn, debug (\*default)", "option", False)
/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py:1592: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
  USAGE_BUS2 = ("", "<bus>: cups\*, usb\*, net, bt, fw, par\* (\*defaults) (Note: bt and fw not supported in this release.)", 'option', False)
/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py:1598: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
  USAGE_STD_NOTES2 = ("If -p\* is specified, the default CUPS printer will be used.", "", "note", False)
/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py:1826: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\-'
  log.info(".SH NAME\n%s \- %s" % (crumb, title))
/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py:1925: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\w'
  return re.sub("&#?\w+;", fixup, text)
/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py:1978: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  pat=re.compile('''(\d{1,})([a-z]{1,})''')
/usr/share/hplip/check.py:630: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\s'
  lsusb_pat = re.compile("""^Bus\s([0-9a-fA-F]{3,3})\sDevice\s([0-9a-fA-F]{3,3}):\sID\s([0-9a-fA-F]{4,4}):([0-9a-fA-F]{4,4})(.*)""", re.IGNORECASE)
/usr/share/hplip/fax/ledmfax.py:46: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  http_result_pat = re.compile(b"""HTTP/\d.\d\s(\d+)""", re.I)
/usr/share/hplip/fax/soapfax.py:44: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  http_result_pat = re.compile("""HTTP/\d.\d\s(\d+)""", re.I)
/usr/share/hplip/installer/dcheck.py:35: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  ver1_pat = re.compile("""(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)""", re.IGNORECASE)
/usr/share/hplip/installer/dcheck.py:36: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  ver_pat = re.compile("""(\d+\.\d+)""", re.IGNORECASE)
/usr/share/hplip/installer/dcheck.py:360: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  xsane_ver_pat =re.compile('''xsane-(\d{1,}\.\d{1,}).*''')
/usr/share/hplip/makeuri.py:49: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
  ("To specify the port on a multi-port JetDirect:", "-p<port> or --port=<port> (Valid values are 1\*, 2, and 3. \*default)", "option", False),
/usr/share/hplip/prnt/cups.py:170: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\s'
  pat_cups_error_log = re.compile("""^loglevel\s?(debug|debug2|warn|info|error|none)""", re.I)
/usr/share/hplip/probe.py:45: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
  ("", "<bus>: cups, usb\*, net, bt, fw, par (\*default) (Note: bt and fw not supported in this release.)", "option", False),
/usr/share/hplip/probe.py:49: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
  ("", "<filter list>: comma separated list of one or more of: scan, pcard, fax, copy, or none\*. (\*none is the default)", "option", False),
/usr/share/hplip/scan.py:254: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
  ("Scan mode:", "-m<mode> or --mode=<mode>. Where <mode> is 'gray'\*, 'color' or 'lineart'.", "option", False),
/usr/share/hplip/scan.py:271: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
  ("", "where <units> is 'mm'\*, 'cm', 'in', 'px', or 'pt' ('mm' is default).", "option", False),
/usr/share/hplip/setup.py:82: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
  ("To specify the port on a multi-port JetDirect:", "--port=<port> (Valid values are 1\*, 2, and 3. \*default)", "option", False),
/usr/share/hplip/setup.py:86: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
  ("Type of queue(s) to install:", "-t<typelist> or --type=<typelist>. <typelist>: print*, fax\* (\*default) (-i mode only)", "option", False),

Please note that I did not capture the entire log, so some lines might
be missing.

I initially reported this against python, but its maintainer
asked me to report it here.

Greetings

      Helge

#1076154#31

Date:: 2025-12-03 12:53:01 UTC

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Dear Maintainer,
There are more invalid sequences

/usr/share/hplip/base/LedmWifi.py:34: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  http_result_pat = re.compile("""HTTP/\d.\d\s(\d+)""", re.I)
/usr/share/hplip/base/device.py:49: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  http_result_pat = re.compile("""HTTP/\d.\d\s(\d+)""", re.I)
/usr/share/hplip/base/g.py:304: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\|'
  spinner = "\|/-\|/-"
/usr/share/hplip/base/g.py:354: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  m = re.search('python(\d(\.\d){0,2})', ext_path)            #get the python version where the .so file is found
/usr/share/hplip/base/imagesize.py:186: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\#'
  re.compile('\#define\s+\S+\s+\d+')     : ('image/x-xbitmap', xbmsize),
/usr/share/hplip/base/imagesize.py:187: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\/'
  re.compile('\/\* XPM \*\/')            : ('image/x-xpixmap', xpmsize),
/usr/share/hplip/base/imagesize.py:189: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
  re.compile('^II\*\x00')                : ('image/tiff', tiffsize),
/usr/share/hplip/base/logger.py:439: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\<'
  elem_start = re.findall("(\<\W{0,1}\w+) ?", line)[0]
/usr/share/hplip/base/logger.py:440: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\]'
  elem_finished = re.findall("([?|\]\]]*\>)", line)[0]
/usr/share/hplip/base/logger.py:442: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\S'
  attrs = re.findall("(\S*?\=\".*?\")", line)
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:37: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  pat_prod_num = re.compile("""(\d+)""", re.I)
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:428: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  re.compile('^r(\d+)-agent(\d+)-kind', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_INT,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:429: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  re.compile('^r(\d+)-agent(\d+)-type', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_INT,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:430: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  re.compile('^r(\d+)-agent(\d+)-sku', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_STR,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:431: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  re.compile('^agent(\d+)-desc', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_STR,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:432: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  re.compile('^agent(\d+)-virgin', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_BOOL,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:433: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  re.compile('^agent(\d+)-dvc', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_INT,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:434: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  re.compile('^agent(\d+)-kind', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_INT,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:435: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  re.compile('^agent(\d+)-type', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_INT,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:436: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  re.compile('^agent(\d+)-id', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_INT,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:437: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  re.compile('^agent(\d+)-hp-ink', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_BOOL,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:438: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  re.compile('^agent(\d+)-health-desc', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_STR,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:439: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  re.compile('^agent(\d+)-health$', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_INT,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:440: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  re.compile('^agent(\d+)-known', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_BOOL,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:441: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  re.compile('^agent(\d+)-level', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_INT,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:442: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  re.compile('^agent(\d+)-ack', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_BOOL,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:443: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  re.compile('^agent(\d+)-sku', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_STR,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:444: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  re.compile('^in-tray(\d+)', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_BOOL,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:445: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  re.compile('^out-tray(\d+)', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_BOOL,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:446: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  re.compile('^model(\d+)', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_STR,
/usr/share/hplip/base/password.py:212: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\['
  cb = cb.replace("[", "\[")
/usr/share/hplip/base/password.py:213: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\]'
  cb = cb.replace("]", "\]")
/usr/share/hplip/base/queues.py:48: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
  NICKNAME_PATTERN = re.compile(b'''\*NickName:\s*\"(.*)"''', re.MULTILINE)
/usr/share/hplip/base/status.py:1335: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\s'
  pjl_code_pat = re.compile("""^CODE\s*=\s*(\d.*)$""", re.IGNORECASE)
/usr/share/hplip/base/tui.py:220: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\|'
  self.spinner = "\|/-\|/-*"
/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py:150: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\w'
  lis = ((re.findall('SystemGroup [\w* ]*',fp.read()))[0].replace('SystemGroup ','')).split(' ')
/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py:1584: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
  USAGE_LOGGING2 = ("", "<level>: none, info\*, error, warn, debug (\*default)", "option", False)
/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py:1592: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
  USAGE_BUS2 = ("", "<bus>: cups\*, usb\*, net, bt, fw, par\* (\*defaults) (Note: bt and fw not supported in this release.)", 'option', False)
/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py:1598: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
  USAGE_STD_NOTES2 = ("If -p\* is specified, the default CUPS printer will be used.", "", "note", False)
/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py:1826: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\-'
  log.info(".SH NAME\n%s \- %s" % (crumb, title))
/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py:1925: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\w'
  return re.sub("&#?\w+;", fixup, text)
/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py:1978: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  pat=re.compile('''(\d{1,})([a-z]{1,})''')
/usr/share/hplip/check.py:630: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\s'
  lsusb_pat = re.compile("""^Bus\s([0-9a-fA-F]{3,3})\sDevice\s([0-9a-fA-F]{3,3}):\sID\s([0-9a-fA-F]{4,4}):([0-9a-fA-F]{4,4})(.*)""", re.IGNORECASE)
/usr/share/hplip/fax/ledmfax.py:46: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  http_result_pat = re.compile(b"""HTTP/\d.\d\s(\d+)""", re.I)
/usr/share/hplip/fax/soapfax.py:44: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  http_result_pat = re.compile("""HTTP/\d.\d\s(\d+)""", re.I)
/usr/share/hplip/installer/dcheck.py:35: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  ver1_pat = re.compile("""(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)""", re.IGNORECASE)
/usr/share/hplip/installer/dcheck.py:36: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  ver_pat = re.compile("""(\d+\.\d+)""", re.IGNORECASE)
/usr/share/hplip/installer/dcheck.py:360: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
  xsane_ver_pat =re.compile('''xsane-(\d{1,}\.\d{1,}).*''')
/usr/share/hplip/makeuri.py:49: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
  ("To specify the port on a multi-port JetDirect:", "-p<port> or --port=<port> (Valid values are 1\*, 2, and 3. \*default)", "option", False),
/usr/share/hplip/prnt/cups.py:170: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\s'
  pat_cups_error_log = re.compile("""^loglevel\s?(debug|debug2|warn|info|error|none)""", re.I)
/usr/share/hplip/probe.py:45: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
  ("", "<bus>: cups, usb\*, net, bt, fw, par (\*default) (Note: bt and fw not supported in this release.)", "option", False),
/usr/share/hplip/probe.py:49: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
  ("", "<filter list>: comma separated list of one or more of: scan, pcard, fax, copy, or none\*. (\*none is the default)", "option", False),
/usr/share/hplip/scan.py:254: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
  ("Scan mode:", "-m<mode> or --mode=<mode>. Where <mode> is 'gray'\*, 'color' or 'lineart'.", "option", False),
/usr/share/hplip/scan.py:271: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
  ("", "where <units> is 'mm'\*, 'cm', 'in', 'px', or 'pt' ('mm' is default).", "option", False),
/usr/share/hplip/setup.py:82: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
  ("To specify the port on a multi-port JetDirect:", "--port=<port> (Valid values are 1\*, 2, and 3. \*default)", "option", False),
/usr/share/hplip/setup.py:86: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
  ("Type of queue(s) to install:", "-t<typelist> or --type=<typelist>. <typelist>: print*, fax\* (\*default) (-i mode only)", "option", False),

#1076154#36

Date:: 2026-02-13 06:41:11 UTC

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severity 1076154 important
retitle 1076154 When hplip-data is installed, Python 3.12 through 3.13.5-1 reports various invalid escape sequences for multiple files in /usr/share/hplip
found 1076154 hplip-data/3.22.10+dfsg0-8.1
quit

Same here. When I install hplip, it pulls in hplip-data, which during its setup outputs the following:

/usr/share/hplip/base/LedmWifi.py:34: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   http_result_pat = re.compile("""HTTP/\d.\d\s(\d+)""", re.I)
/usr/share/hplip/base/device.py:49: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   http_result_pat = re.compile("""HTTP/\d.\d\s(\d+)""", re.I)
/usr/share/hplip/base/g.py:304: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\|'
   spinner = "\|/-\|/-"
/usr/share/hplip/base/g.py:354: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   m = re.search('python(\d(\.\d){0,2})', ext_path)            #get the python version where the .so file is found
/usr/share/hplip/base/imagesize.py:186: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\#'
   re.compile('\#define\s+\S+\s+\d+')     : ('image/x-xbitmap', xbmsize),
/usr/share/hplip/base/imagesize.py:187: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\/'
   re.compile('\/\* XPM \*\/')            : ('image/x-xpixmap', xpmsize),
/usr/share/hplip/base/imagesize.py:189: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
   re.compile('^II\*\x00')                : ('image/tiff', tiffsize),
/usr/share/hplip/base/logger.py:439: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\<'
   elem_start = re.findall("(\<\W{0,1}\w+) ?", line)[0]
/usr/share/hplip/base/logger.py:440: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\]'
   elem_finished = re.findall("([?|\]\]]*\>)", line)[0]
/usr/share/hplip/base/logger.py:442: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\S'
   attrs = re.findall("(\S*?\=\".*?\")", line)
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:37: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   pat_prod_num = re.compile("""(\d+)""", re.I)
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:428: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   re.compile('^r(\d+)-agent(\d+)-kind', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_INT,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:429: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   re.compile('^r(\d+)-agent(\d+)-type', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_INT,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:430: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   re.compile('^r(\d+)-agent(\d+)-sku', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_STR,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:431: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   re.compile('^agent(\d+)-desc', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_STR,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:432: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   re.compile('^agent(\d+)-virgin', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_BOOL,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:433: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   re.compile('^agent(\d+)-dvc', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_INT,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:434: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   re.compile('^agent(\d+)-kind', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_INT,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:435: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   re.compile('^agent(\d+)-type', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_INT,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:436: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   re.compile('^agent(\d+)-id', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_INT,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:437: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   re.compile('^agent(\d+)-hp-ink', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_BOOL,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:438: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   re.compile('^agent(\d+)-health-desc', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_STR,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:439: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   re.compile('^agent(\d+)-health$', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_INT,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:440: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   re.compile('^agent(\d+)-known', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_BOOL,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:441: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   re.compile('^agent(\d+)-level', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_INT,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:442: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   re.compile('^agent(\d+)-ack', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_BOOL,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:443: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   re.compile('^agent(\d+)-sku', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_STR,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:444: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   re.compile('^in-tray(\d+)', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_BOOL,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:445: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   re.compile('^out-tray(\d+)', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_BOOL,
/usr/share/hplip/base/models.py:446: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   re.compile('^model(\d+)', re.IGNORECASE) : TYPE_STR,
/usr/share/hplip/base/password.py:212: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\['
   cb = cb.replace("[", "\[")
/usr/share/hplip/base/password.py:213: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\]'
   cb = cb.replace("]", "\]")
/usr/share/hplip/base/queues.py:48: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
   NICKNAME_PATTERN = re.compile(b'''\*NickName:\s*\"(.*)"''', re.MULTILINE)
/usr/share/hplip/base/status.py:1335: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\s'
   pjl_code_pat = re.compile("""^CODE\s*=\s*(\d.*)$""", re.IGNORECASE)
/usr/share/hplip/base/tui.py:220: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\|'
   self.spinner = "\|/-\|/-*"
/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py:150: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\w'
   lis = ((re.findall('SystemGroup [\w* ]*',fp.read()))[0].replace('SystemGroup ','')).split(' ')
/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py:1584: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
   USAGE_LOGGING2 = ("", "<level>: none, info\*, error, warn, debug (\*default)", "option", False)
/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py:1592: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
   USAGE_BUS2 = ("", "<bus>: cups\*, usb\*, net, bt, fw, par\* (\*defaults) (Note: bt and fw not supported in this release.)", 'option', False)
/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py:1598: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
   USAGE_STD_NOTES2 = ("If -p\* is specified, the default CUPS printer will be used.", "", "note", False)
/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py:1826: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\-'
   log.info(".SH NAME\n%s \- %s" % (crumb, title))
/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py:1925: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\w'
   return re.sub("&#?\w+;", fixup, text)
/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py:1978: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   pat=re.compile('''(\d{1,})([a-z]{1,})''')
/usr/share/hplip/check.py:630: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\s'
   lsusb_pat = re.compile("""^Bus\s([0-9a-fA-F]{3,3})\sDevice\s([0-9a-fA-F]{3,3}):\sID\s([0-9a-fA-F]{4,4}):([0-9a-fA-F]{4,4})(.*)""", re.IGNORECASE)
/usr/share/hplip/fax/ledmfax.py:46: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   http_result_pat = re.compile(b"""HTTP/\d.\d\s(\d+)""", re.I)
/usr/share/hplip/fax/soapfax.py:44: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   http_result_pat = re.compile("""HTTP/\d.\d\s(\d+)""", re.I)
/usr/share/hplip/installer/dcheck.py:35: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   ver1_pat = re.compile("""(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)""", re.IGNORECASE)
/usr/share/hplip/installer/dcheck.py:36: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   ver_pat = re.compile("""(\d+\.\d+)""", re.IGNORECASE)
/usr/share/hplip/installer/dcheck.py:360: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
   xsane_ver_pat =re.compile('''xsane-(\d{1,}\.\d{1,}).*''')
/usr/share/hplip/makeuri.py:49: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
   ("To specify the port on a multi-port JetDirect:", "-p<port> or --port=<port> (Valid values are 1\*, 2, and 3. \*default)", "option", False),
/usr/share/hplip/prnt/cups.py:170: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\s'
   pat_cups_error_log = re.compile("""^loglevel\s?(debug|debug2|warn|info|error|none)""", re.I)
/usr/share/hplip/probe.py:45: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
   ("", "<bus>: cups, usb\*, net, bt, fw, par (\*default) (Note: bt and fw not supported in this release.)", "option", False),
/usr/share/hplip/probe.py:49: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
   ("", "<filter list>: comma separated list of one or more of: scan, pcard, fax, copy, or none\*. (\*none is the default)", "option", False),
/usr/share/hplip/scan.py:254: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
   ("Scan mode:", "-m<mode> or --mode=<mode>. Where <mode> is 'gray'\*, 'color' or 'lineart'.", "option", False),
/usr/share/hplip/scan.py:271: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
   ("", "where <units> is 'mm'\*, 'cm', 'in', 'px', or 'pt' ('mm' is default).", "option", False),
/usr/share/hplip/setup.py:82: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
   ("To specify the port on a multi-port JetDirect:", "--port=<port> (Valid values are 1\*, 2, and 3. \*default)", "option", False),
/usr/share/hplip/setup.py:86: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
   ("Type of queue(s) to install:", "-t<typelist> or --type=<typelist>. <typelist>: print*, fax\* (\*default) (-i mode only)", "option", False),

My python3 has version 3.13.5-1. As hplip is unusable for me, and this issue affect multiple users, I'm raising severity.

#1076154#47

Date:: 2026-02-24 00:06:00 UTC

From:

To:

Hello!

I also had problems with the old hplip package of Trixie. I made newer Debian
packages of hplip with all important / needed patches. There is an updated
patchset inside the debian file.

I have built newer Debian and Ubuntu packages of:
- hplip 3.25.2
- hplip 3.25.6
- hplip 3.25.8

You find my compiled packages here: https://www.joonet.de/debian/hplip/

Best regards,
Joachim (Germany)

#1076154#52

Date:: 2026-05-26 22:41:22 UTC

From:

To:

Hi all,

Thanks for uploading hplip 3.26.4. Seems that there are still some
warnings about these sequences.

See attached patch for some suggestions, based on changes by Till
and others.

#1076154#59

Date:: 2026-06-06 07:33:58 UTC

From:

To:

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
hplip, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1076154@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Thorsten Alteholz <debian@alteholz.de> (supplier of updated hplip package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)
Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:14:59 +0200
Source: hplip
Architecture: source
Version: 3.26.4+dfsg0-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Printing Team <debian-printing@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Thorsten Alteholz <debian@alteholz.de>
Closes: 1076154 1137729 1138048
Changes:
 hplip (3.26.4+dfsg0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * add patch to fix HP color laserjet mfp e78635-ps ppd
   * make tests have same dependencies as hplip itself
     (Thanks a lot to Agustin Martin for the patches)
     (Closes: #1137729)
   * fix invalid python escape sequences
     (Thanks a lot to Agustin Martin for adapting the Ubuntu patch
      from Till)
     (Closes: #1076154)
   * drop patch Cope-with-prnt-hpcups-ErnieFilter.-cpp-h-removal-by-, which
     is no longer needed
     (Thanks a lot to Agustin Martin for this suggestion)
     (Closes: #1138048)
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Files:
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#1076154 When hplip-data is installed, Python 3.12 through 3.13.5-1 reports various invalid escape sequences for multiple files in /usr/share/hplip #1076154

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