On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 04:20:58AM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: > Package: libvirt-bin > Version: 0.9.12-5 > Severity: normal > User: [email protected] > Usertags: halectomy > > Hi, > > HAL has been deprecated and declared dead upstream so we want to > get rid of it in Debian [1]. > > The libvirt-bin sysv init script contains in its LSB header > > # Should-Start: hal avahi cgconfig > # Should-Stop: hal avahi cgconfig > > Afaics libvirt-bin does not actually need or use hal so this dependency should > be dropped.
It's used on non-linux architecture for device enumeration, we'd lose a bit of networking support by that on kFreeBSD. Do you know of any discussion with the freebsd porters about that? I assume libvirt isn't the only package affected? Cheers, -- Guido > > Cheers, > Michael > > > [1] http://wiki.debian.org/HALRemoval > > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: wheezy/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > Foreign Architectures: i386 > > Kernel: Linux 3.5-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages libvirt-bin depends on: > ii adduser 3.113+nmu3 > ii gettext-base 0.18.1.1-9 > ii libavahi-client3 0.6.31-1 > ii libavahi-common3 0.6.31-1 > ii libblkid1 2.20.1-5.2 > ii libc6 2.13-37 > ii libcap-ng0 0.7.3-1 > ii libdbus-1-3 1.6.8-1 > ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.74-5 > ii libgcrypt11 1.5.0-3 > ii libgnutls26 2.12.20-2 > pn libnetcf1 <none> > pn libnl1 <none> > pn libnuma1 <none> > ii libparted0debian1 2.3-11 > ii libpcap0.8 1.3.0-1 > ii libpciaccess0 0.13.1-2 > ii libreadline6 6.2-9 > ii libsasl2-2 2.1.25.dfsg1-6 > ii libudev0 175-7.1 > pn libvirt0 <none> > ii libxenstore3.0 4.1.3-4 > ii libxml2 2.8.0+dfsg1-6 > ii libyajl2 2.0.4-2 > ii logrotate 3.8.3-3 > > Versions of packages libvirt-bin recommends: > pn bridge-utils <none> > ii dmidecode 2.11+20120326-2 > ii dnsmasq-base 2.63-4 > pn ebtables <none> > ii gawk 1:4.0.1+dfsg-2 > ii iproute 20120521-3 > ii iptables 1.4.16.3-4 > ii libxml2-utils 2.8.0+dfsg1-6 > ii netcat-openbsd 1.105-7 > ii parted 2.3-11 > ii qemu 1.1.2+dfsg-2 > > Versions of packages libvirt-bin suggests: > ii policykit-1 0.105-1 > pn radvd <none> > > _______________________________________________ > Pkg-libvirt-maintainers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-libvirt-maintainers > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
