--- a/base/pexpect/__init__.py	2022-10-27 09:08:44.000000000 -0400
+++ b/base/pexpect/__init__.py	2022-12-18 04:09:50.447986324 -0500
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@
         while True:
             if not self.getecho():
                 return True
-            if timeout < 0 and timeout is not None:
+            if timeout is not None and timeout < 0:
                 return False
             if timeout is not None:
                 timeout = end_time - time.time()
--- a/check.py	2022-12-18 03:42:46.205714009 -0500
+++ b/check.py	2022-12-18 03:59:48.696833951 -0500
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@
 
                                         out =''
                                         for g in getfacl_out_list:
-                                            if 'getfacl' not in g and '' is not g and 'file' not in g:
+                                            if g != '' and 'getfacl' not in g and 'file' not in g:
                                                 pat = re.compile('''.*:(.*)''')
                                                 if pat.search(g):
                                                     out = out +' '+ pat.search(g).group(1)
--- a/ui5/devmgr5.py	2022-10-27 09:08:44.000000000 -0400
+++ b/ui5/devmgr5.py	2022-12-18 04:07:45.761670054 -0500
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
         
         self.latest_available_version = latest_available_version
         self.Is_autoInstaller_distro = Is_autoInstaller_distro
-        if self.latest_available_version is not "":
+        if self.latest_available_version != "":
             self.tab_3 = QWidget()
             self.tab_3.setObjectName("tab_3")
             self.label = QLabel(self.tab_3)
--- a/ui5/devmgr_ext.py	2022-10-27 09:08:44.000000000 -0400
+++ b/ui5/devmgr_ext.py	2022-12-18 04:02:01.991304983 -0500
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
         self.latest_available_version = latest_available_version
         self.Is_autoInstaller_distro = Is_autoInstaller_distro
-        if self.latest_available_version is not "":
+        if self.latest_available_version != "":
             self.tab_3 = QWidget()
             self.tab_3.setObjectName("tab_3")
             self.label = QLabel(self.tab_3)
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
     def retranslateUi(self, MainWindow):
         super(Ui_MainWindow_Derived, self).retranslateUi(MainWindow)
-        if self.latest_available_version is not "":
+        if self.latest_available_version != "":
             self.label.setText(QApplication.translate("MainWindow", "New version of HPLIP-%s is available"%self.latest_available_version, None))
             self.Tabs.setTabText(self.Tabs.indexOf(self.tab_3), QApplication.translate("MainWindow", "Upgrade", None))
             if self.Is_autoInstaller_distro: