how to remove HAL dependencies in gnome2

[Derek Ragona]

At 02:01 PM 12/1/2009, Mark Kane wrote:
>On Tue, Dec 01, 2009, at 12:41:07 -0600, Derek Ragona wrote:
> > I source upgraded a server from 7.2 release to 8.0 release.  In
> > trying to rebuild all the ports, HAL is broken and won't compile.  If
> > I try to make config on most of those ports there is no HAL in the
> > config.  How do I get rid of these dependencies so I can get the last
> > of the ports rebuilt?  These ports all seem to be part of gnome2.
>
>Hi.
>
>I'm not sure why it wasn't more clearly announced as being required
>for the 8.0 upgrade specifically, however following the 20090309 entry
>in /usr/ports/UPDATING (mainly removing the libusb port) should allow
>HAL to build again.
>
>Hope that helps,
>
>-Mark


Thanks Mark for pointing this out.  I had read UPDATING and missed this 
reference.  I even searched through UPDATING for hal and hald 
references.  I'm glad it was something simple, as I have all the ports 
updated now.

         -Derek

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