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Bug#605750: Please remove hal from LSB init header



On 03.12.2010 10:54, Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Fri, Dec  3, 2010 at 03:05:14 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote:
> 
>> Package: xdm
>> Version: 1:1.1.10-3
>> Severity: normal
>> User: pkg-utopia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org
>> Usertags: halectomy
>>
>> Hi,
>> given that Xorg no longer uses hal for input hotplugging, the
>> Should-Start/Should-Stop: hal in xdm's LSB init header no longer makes
>> sense and should be removed.
>>
> Xorg uses hal on kfreebsd.

The hal version in experimental (0.5.14-4), which will be uploaded to sid after
the squeeze release, will use D-Bus activation, to start hal on demand.
So even on kfreebsd it should be safe to remove it then.

Michael
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