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

Florian Hubold doktor5000 at arcor.de
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.
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> 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hal is obsolete, and should not be reintroduced.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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