Re: Installing K3b installs HAL. Should I do it?
On Wed, 11 May 2011 20:45:12 +0000, Juan R. de Silva wrote:
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> Back in Ubuntu I used to use K3b in GNOME since I definitely prefer it
> to Brasero. Yesterday I tried to installed K3b in Squeeze and I noticed
> that HAL would be installed with it as a dependency. Since I was not
> sure on HAL I cancelled the installation until clarification.
>
> I'm not familiar in depth neither with udev nor HAL. But AFAIK HAL was
> deprecated and part of its functionality now is build into udev.
>
> What would be the consequences of HAL being installed on my fresh
> squeeze system, if any? Would HAL conflict with udev in any way?
> Wouldn't installation of HAL degrade my fresh squeeze install?
"Hal" is indeed listed as a "hard" dependency for K3B in Squeeze:
http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/k3b
You will need to install it and don't worry about it, it should not
generate any conflict with other packages (and if yes, open a bug
report :-P).
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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