Bug#618905: references obsolete hal init script

2011-03-25 Thread Michael Meskes
It would only be a problem, if the deprecated /proc/acpi/event is around and acpid is started after hal. Then hal would use /proc/acpi/event. But acpid would still use netlink. I don't feel like porting hal to use netlink (with hal being dead and all), but what I could do is, to remove the

Bug#618905: references obsolete hal init script

2011-03-25 Thread Michael Meskes
As said, I guess this is due to Debian kernels not using/providing /proc/acpi/events anymore. Valid point, I just made the mistake to check that on a system not running a Debian kernel. Michael -- Michael Meskes Michael at Fam-Meskes dot De, Michael at Meskes dot (De|Com|Net|Org) Michael at

Bug#618905: references obsolete hal init script

2011-03-23 Thread Michael Meskes
2.) The postinst tries to restart hal if it find the init script. I guess with acpid using netlink now this can be dropped completely? You mean the logic needed to access/allow hal to access /proc/acpi/events? No, not really. Acpid still does/can use that file if it exists. You don't have to

Bug#618905: references obsolete hal init script

2011-03-23 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 23.03.2011 20:22, schrieb Michael Meskes: 2.) The postinst tries to restart hal if it find the init script. I guess with acpid using netlink now this can be dropped completely? You mean the logic needed to access/allow hal to access /proc/acpi/events? No, not really. Acpid still does/can

Bug#618905: references obsolete hal init script

2011-03-23 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 23.03.2011 20:22, schrieb Michael Meskes: 2.) The postinst tries to restart hal if it find the init script. I guess with acpid using netlink now this can be dropped completely? You mean the logic needed to access/allow hal to access /proc/acpi/events? No, not really. Acpid still does/can

Bug#618905: references obsolete hal init script

2011-03-19 Thread Michael Biebl
Package: acpid Version: 1:2.0.8-3 Severity: normal Hi, in hal 0.5.14-4 (wheezy) I changed it to use D-Bus activation so it is started on demand. That means there is no longer a hal sysv init script. As a result: 1.) The Should-Start: hal in the acpid LSB header is no longer useful, As it is