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I installed this package and ran the following command:

brsaneconfig4 -a name=Brother_MFC-L2740DW model=Brother_MFC-L2740DW nodename=hostname.domain

At this point scanimage --list-devices showed the device, and scanimage successfully scanned the paper I had in there. It was super easy.

Thanks!

Again (like stated before on 2020-03-18)... The brsan4.install file should get this right without user interaction. Calling /opt/brother/scanner/brscan4/setupSaneScan4 -i does exactly that - adding 'brother4' to /etc/sane.d/dll.conf... Don't know why this does not work for you... Did you by chance configure addditional restrictions for pacman? If noone answers the question I won't be able to find a cause for the missing entry in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf. And it won't help to just add it like you suggested. Think about uninstallation and update...

There's a drop in folder that can be used to make this package work out of the box.

echo brother4 > /etc/sane.d/dll.d/brother4.conf

Any reason why not to include it in the package?

Makes sense. I didn't understand this error was from Git, fixed now :)

Looks like yay downloads sources to the folder with PKGBUILD. That's why when agree.html became a versioned file, Git refused to check it out over already present unversioned copy. Victoria, Julien, can we see a listing of your directories with brscan4 PKGBUILD? I bet we'll see rpms there too.

So why don't you just overwrite the file agree.html? BTW, yay is not an official tool. I tested with makepkg which is the arch way and this worked for me.

I have the same issue when updating the package:

$ yay -Suy
[sudo] password for julien: 
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
 there is nothing to do
:: Searching databases for updates...
:: Searching AUR for updates...
:: 1 Packages to upgrade.
1  aur/brscan4  0.4.8_1-1 -> 0.4.8_1-2
==> Packages to exclude: (eg: "1 2 3", "1-3", "^4" or repo name)
==> 
:: Checking for conflicts...
:: Checking for inner conflicts...
[Aur: 1]  brscan4-0.4.8_1-2

  1 brscan4                          (Installed) (Build Files Exist)
==> Packages to cleanBuild?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==> 
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (1/1): brscan4
  1 brscan4                          (Installed) (Build Files Exist)
==> Diffs to show?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==> 
error merging brscan4: error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by merge:
    agree.html
Please move or remove them before you merge.
Aborting

@vstuart: I don't get the sense of your message, sorry ;) I tested pure 'makepkg -cfsi' and it works without quirks. Could you please tell us a little more?

error merging brscan4: error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by merge:
      agree.html

Start update (e.g., yay -Syu), and at appropriate prompt (brscan4 update) choose to view the differences (diff), to get your path to agree.html:

  ...
  ==> Diffs to show?
  ==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
  ==> A
  ...
  diff --git /home/victoria/.cache/yay/brscan4/agree.html /home/victoria/.cache/yay/brscan4/agree.html
  ...

Then, in a terminal:

mv /home/victoria/.cache/yay/brscan4/agree.html /home/victoria/.cache/yay/brscan4/agree.html.old

Update /install should now proceed. :-)

It works ! Many Thanks