This had me wondering for a while too, but I found the answer in the Gentoo ebuilds.
BACKENDS="pixma canon" ./configure Cheers, Wade. 2009/3/24 <carterbueford at gmx.net>: > Hi, > > I've got a question on compiling the cvs-snapshot. > > Do I have to compile all backends? If I use a MP830, is it ok to only > compile the pixma and the canon backends an delete the others from the > sourcefolder? > > Thanks > Oliver