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Bug 320175 - gnome-base/gnome-vfs needs USE="-hal" on Gnome 2.28
Summary: gnome-base/gnome-vfs needs USE="-hal" on Gnome 2.28
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] GNOME (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team
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: 320177 320181 320183 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2010-05-17 12:56 UTC by Alex Buell
Modified: 2010-05-17 14:40 UTC (History)
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Description Alex Buell 2010-05-17 12:56:24 UTC 
When building with Gnome 2.28/2.30, HAL use flag needs to be forced off


Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev 2010-05-17 13:16:16 UTC 
Why?

(also, please use proper summaries when reporting bugs ;-))
Comment 2 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-05-17 13:19:40 UTC 
*** Bug 320183 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-05-17 13:19:44 UTC 
*** Bug 320177 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-05-17 13:19:47 UTC 
*** Bug 320181 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Alex Buell 2010-05-17 13:43:35 UTC 
Gnome >= 2.28.x does not need HAL. Alternative functionality in the form of upower and udisks should be used instead.
Comment 6 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-05-17 14:09:06 UTC 
should -> may. Upstream is migrating away from hal and this is fine but we still get to support user who cannot run upower/udisks & co. We will not remove hal support until upstream packages do, see our statement in bug #313389.
Comment 7 Alex Buell 2010-05-17 14:40:59 UTC 
*sigh* I had not noticed that a bug report had been filed on doing a halsectomy, sorry. 

I think the better solution is to make it strictly optional, as has been mentioned in bug #313389 

Personally, I think the sooner HAL is consigned to the dustbin of history, the better.