[Mageia-dev] Importing a package (ntfs-config), which requires hal

Mon Mar 5 12:36:56 CET 2012

Am 05.03.2012 09:01, schrieb Jeff Robins:
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+> Hello,
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+> Bug 1726 (https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1726) asks for
+> ntfs-config to be added to the Mageia packages.  ntfs-config requires
+> hal to access removable media and, at least on my test machine, fails to
+> run without hal installed.  ntfs-config does seem to have some support,
+> a patch was added 20 weeks ago.
+>
+> ntfs-config doesn't seem to add anything new, just make it a little
+> easier to mount an control access to ntfs partitions
+>
+> I know hal should now be obsolete and is not installed by default in
+> Mageia 2, but we do have hal packages.
+>
+> Would it be safe to install hal on a machine running Mageia 2 (Cauldron)?
+>
+> Do we plan on supporting hal long term?
+>
+> Any thoughts?
+>
+> - --Jeff
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+hal is obsolete, and should not be reintroduced.
+Also please take a look at Funda's comment in the bug report.
+There's no need for ntfs-config, as removable partitions
+aren't affected and internal partitions get fstab entries at
+installation time, if they're present then.
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