HAL must die!

Krutov Mikle nekoexmachina at gmail.com
Thu Mar 17 14:58:58 UTC 2011


On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 03:32:59PM +0100, Ivan Voras wrote:
> On 06/03/2011 19:56, Lars Eighner wrote:
> >Using the -C switch with portupgrade, I am managing to turn WITH_HAL off in
> >ports that I install or upgrade. Is there a way to make this a global
> >default?
> >
> >Is there a (convenient) way to list ports that might pull in HAL without
> >having a configuration switch?
> 
> Um, why exactly are so many people against HAL? It's the only
> cross-platform thing available for non-Linux systems which handles
> device enumeration, hotplugs, etc.
> 
Hi Ivan!
As for me, it is like a habit:
I've installed Xorg + HAL for the first time;
I've seen that my config is ignored;
I disabled HAL by-default in make.conf
:)
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With best regards, Mikle Krutov, Bercut ltd. VA$I engeneer.



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