Re: [SOLVED] Installing K3b installs HAL. Should I do it?
On Wed, 11 May 2011 20:45:12 +0000, Juan R. de Silva wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've recently switched from Lucid to Squeeze on my workstation. So, far
> I'm quite happy with the move but I'm still on a learning curve.
>
> 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?
Installed. So far no problems. :-)
And BTW, why good old gnomebaker is not in squeeze repositories? Where
could I find it and would it work in squeeze?
Thanks.
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