Package: hal Version: 0.5.14-8 Severity: important
After upgrading from 0.5.14-4 I've got hal failing to start with core dump. Sorry, hadn't saved screen output, but this doesn't matter. I've compiled debug version and found the source of core. But this is not the most important issue. More important is, that user have no clue of what to do with such kind of problem. More useful message should be printed, as done in patch. The source of core was broken fdi cache. I don't know, why it got broken, but I've fixed my with: mkdir /etc/hal/fdi/preprobe rm /var/cache/hald/fdi-cache /usr/lib/hal/hald-generate-fdi-cache The behavior of software is very fragile, because it refuses to work in absence of some directories. Maybe this was the source of broken cache... P.S. I know that HAL is deprecated. But this is not the reason for leaving users sinking in a swamp of inaccuracy. Please, forward this patch to upstream if applicable.
70-core-fix.patch
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