On Sep 20, 2004 at 09:49, Isaac Clerencia praised the llamas by saying: > I have just tried to install hal to give it a try, but have been overwhelmed > by the things it requires to install: > The following NEW packages will be installed: > gnome-keyring hal libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libbonoboui2-0 > libbonoboui2-common libcroco3 libeel2-2 libeel2-data libgail-common > libgail17 libgnome-desktop-2 libgnome-keyring0 libgnome2-0 > libgnome2-common libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomecanvas2-common > libgnomecups1.0-1 libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgnomeprint2.2-data > libgnomeprintui2.2-0 libgnomeprintui2.2-common libgnomeui-0 > libgnomeui-common libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-common libgtkhtml2-0 > libnautilus2-2 libpanel-applet2-0 librsvg2-2 librsvg2-bin librsvg2-common > libselinux1 libzvt2.0-0 python2.3-dbus python2.3-gnome2 shared-mime-info > > I suppose hal doesn't really need gnome-keyring, libgnomecups or > libnautilus2-2, IMHO dependencies should be added more carefully, splitting > packages where needed, or setting them as Recommends if they are not really > *needed*. > > Best regards http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=239122 This is down to the hal-device-manager being part of the same package as hald. It will be split shortly so hald doesn't need to install half of gnome. -- David Pashley david@davidpashley.com Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.
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