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From: Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: scrapping hal
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:57:08
Message-Id: 20101028165638.GB4337@ca.inter.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: scrapping hal by Alan McKinnon
1 101028 Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > Harry Putnam did opine thusly:
3 >> Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> writes:
4 >>> From my notes, having done it on 2 desktops machines + 1 netbook :
5 >>> To remove Hal : drop '-hal' flag, add 'udev' flag ;
6 >> So no kind of hal flag in make.conf
7 > or is `-hal' a typo that should be `drop 'hal' flag?
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9 Yes, it's my own note to myself & reads wrongly for anyone else.
10 My 'make.conf' has
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12 USE="-* ... gtk2 handbook ... " (ordered alphabetically)
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14 which means it does have "-hal", ie it drops 'hal'.
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16 > I wouldn't advise putting -hal in make.conf - that's globally
17 > and too many other things on the desktop still need it.
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19 Not on my machines. I have used the "-* ... " approach for some years.
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