"find /home -name .hplip" scans some Petabytes

[Werner Flamme]

I downloaded hplip-3.20.6.run yesterday, and I started it using "bash hplip-3.20.6.run".

Well, this was some 12 hours ago, and I find a process "/usr/bin/su -c find /home -name .hplip". It was nice if there was an option like -xdev in it, but it isn't.

Inside my ~ (/home/wflamme) directory, I mounted several shares from my company.

//isa.intranet.ufz.de/programme 1742327106720 601890389144 1140436717576 35% /home/wflamme/UFZshares/programme
//intranet.ufz.de/DFS 209353724 30284656 179069068 15% /home/wflamme/UFZshares/DFS
//isa.intranet.ufz.de/UFZ 1073741824 9430424 1064311400 1% /home/wflamme/UFZshares/ufzall
//isa.intranet.ufz.de/Gruppen 1742327106720 601890479264 1140436627456 35% /home/wflamme/UFZshares/gruppen
//isa.intranet.ufz.de/Home 1742327106720 601890479264 1140436627456 35% /home/wflamme/UFZshares/home
//isa.intranet.ufz.de/MyNAS/EPS 1742327106720 601890479264 1140436627456 35% /home/wflamme/UFZshares/EPS
//isa.intranet.ufz.de/Scans 1742327106720 601890479264 1140436627456 35% /home/wflamme/UFZshares/scans
//DCHAL1/dfs/Gruppen 1742327106720 601890479264 1140436627456 35% /home/wflamme/UFZshares/DFS/Gruppen
//DCHAL1/dfs/Home 1742327106720 601890479264 1140436627456 35% /home/wflamme/UFZshares/DFS/Home

Due to the missing -xdev option in find, the install routine will scan 1,7 Petabyte (or at least 600 Terabyte) 7 times. I am connected to my office via VPN, which slows down my 50 MBit line to about 1/5 of it's capacity. Even when I take my PC back to the office tomorrow, it might not be enough time over the weekend to complete the search. This "find" slows down my work considerably by occupying the line.

Would you please consider to implement an installation routine that is not as harmful as this? Or don't you imagine anyone in an office would install hplip from scratch? :)

Regards,
Werner