In the latest e17 snapshot, the default E modules (including EFM) need EHAL from e_dbus to be built in order to build E itself. e_dbus will build and install EHAL, regardless of whether or not hal is actually installed. It will install a very small file that will utilize hal IF the user chooses to. e will actually build and run fine with EHAL, regardless of hal being around or not. Therefore, the dependency really isn't an RDEPEND dep. This should either be removed, or maybe better, use a PDEPEND for the hal use flag. That way, EHAL always gets built (which E needs), and if the user enables the USE flag, hal will get pulled in afterwards too, and E will make use of it in the file manager. Reproducible: Always
Asking upstream about the dep: 21:31 @ raster| edbus has NO DEPENDENCY ON HAL 21:31 @ raster| it can build ehal without hal on the system
The discussion on IRC was already too long, so i will keep it short here: No, i wont change the ebuild, it is intended to be as it currently is.
