Author: randy Date: 2006-06-20 16:40:21 -0600 (Tue, 20 Jun 2006) New Revision: 6175
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/hal.xml trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Log: Updated to HAL-0.5.7 Modified: trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/hal.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/hal.xml 2006-06-20 22:30:38 UTC (rev 6174) +++ trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/hal.xml 2006-06-20 22:40:21 UTC (rev 6175) @@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ <!ENTITY hal-download-http "http://freedesktop.org/~david/dist/hal-&hal-version;.tar.gz";> <!ENTITY hal-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/linux/mirrors/gentoo/distfiles/hal-&hal-version;.tar.gz";> - <!ENTITY hal-md5sum "2f84ddbc22bc35baa9388e7794d1fa31"> - <!ENTITY hal-size "1.4 MB"> - <!ENTITY hal-buildsize "18.0 MB"> + <!ENTITY hal-md5sum "4163afb8285db64e00e7b1392b401d92"> + <!ENTITY hal-size "1.5 MB"> + <!ENTITY hal-buildsize "19.0 MB"> <!ENTITY hal-time "0.5 SBU"> ]> @@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ <sect1info> <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername> <date>$Date$</date> - <keywordset> - <keyword role="package">hal-&hal-version;.tar</keyword> - <keyword role="ftpdir">hal</keyword> - </keywordset> </sect1info> <title>HAL-&hal-version;</title> @@ -72,26 +68,19 @@ </listitem> </itemizedlist> - <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead> - <itemizedlist spacing="compact"> - <listitem> - <para>Recommended USB ID list: - <ulink url="http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids"/></para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - <bridgehead renderas="sect3">HAL Dependencies</bridgehead> <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead> <para role="required"><xref linkend="glib2"/>, <xref linkend="dbus"/> (see the <xref linkend="hal-requirements"/>), - <xref linkend="python"/>, - <xref linkend="popt"/>, and + <xref linkend="python"/>, and <xref linkend="perl-xml-parser"/></para> <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead> - <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="pciutils"/> (with a current - <filename>pci.ids</filename> file)</para> + <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="pciutils"/> + (with a current <filename>pci.ids</filename> file) and + <xref linkend="usbutils"/> + (with a current <filename>usb.ids</filename> file)</para> <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead> <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, @@ -108,12 +97,6 @@ <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of HAL</title> - <para>If you downloaded the USB ID list, install it by issuing the - following command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> - user:</para> - -<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 ../usb.ids /usr/share</userinput></screen> - <para>You must create a dedicated user and group before installing the package. Though the default BLFS instructions run the <application>HAL</application> daemon as the @@ -130,18 +113,13 @@ <para>Install <application>HAL</application> by running the following commands:</para> -<screen><userinput>sed -i -e "s/managed</comment=&/" \ - -e "s/pamconsole/users/" \ - fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-storage-policy.fdi && -./configure --prefix=/usr \ +<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \ --sysconfdir=/etc \ --libexecdir=/usr/lib/hal \ - --localstatedir=/var \ - --enable-fstab-sync \ - --enable-pcmcia-support && + --localstatedir=/var && make</userinput></screen> - <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para> + <para>To test the results, issue <command>make check</command>.</para> <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para> @@ -153,10 +131,6 @@ <sect2 role="commands"> <title>Command Explanations</title> - <para><command>sed -i -e ...</command>: This command adjusts the policy for - storage devices so that the <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file is updated - to standards used by LFS systems.</para> - <para><parameter>--libexecdir=/usr/lib/hal</parameter>: This parameter forces the installation of libexec files to <filename class='directory'>/usr/lib/hal</filename> instead of @@ -167,12 +141,6 @@ <filename class='directory'>/var/run/hald</filename> instead of <filename class='directory'>/usr/var/run/hald</filename>.</para> - <para><parameter>--enable-fstab-sync</parameter>: This parameter will - ensure the <command>fstab-sync</command> program is built.</para> - - <para><parameter>--enable-pcmcia-support</parameter>: This parameter - provides extended PCMCIA support.</para> - </sect2> <sect2 id="hal-runtime-dependencies" xreflabel="GNOME-Python"> @@ -261,7 +229,7 @@ </listitem> <listitem> <para><ulink - url="&gnome-download-http;/pyorbit/2.0/">PyORBit</ulink> (optional) + url="&gnome-download-http;/pyorbit/">PyORBit</ulink> (optional) </para> <itemizedlist> @@ -310,6 +278,9 @@ </indexterm> </sect3> + <!-- This section commented out for now until it is determined what should + be placed in this section + <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title> <para>No configuration is necessary for the majority of installations @@ -329,14 +300,14 @@ <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m755 -d /etc/hal/fdi/policy/30user && cat > /etc/hal/fdi/policy/30user/30user-policy.fdi << "EOF" -<literal><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- -*- SGML -*- --> +<literal><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!- -*- SGML -*- -> -<!-- +<!- This file is used to set custom options to the HAL policy settings. The default policy settings are defined in files contained in the /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy directories. User defined customizations should be in files contained in the /etc/hal/fdi/policy directories. ---> +-> <deviceinfo version="0.2"> @@ -344,12 +315,12 @@ <match key="info.udi" string="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer"> - <!-- Set the iocharset variable in the /etc/fstab file entry --> + <!- Set the iocharset variable in the /etc/fstab file entry -> <merge key="storage.policy.default.mount_option.iocharset=<replaceable><iocharset></replaceable>" type="bool">true</merge> - <!-- Set the codepage variable in the /etc/fstab file entry --> + <!- Set the codepage variable in the /etc/fstab file entry -> <merge key="storage.policy.default.mount_option.codepage=<replaceable><codepage></replaceable>" type="bool">true</merge> @@ -373,10 +344,10 @@ <screen><literal> <device> <match key="<replaceable><text></replaceable>" string="<replaceable><text></replaceable>"> - <!-- Set the iocharset variable in the /etc/fstab file entry --> + <!- Set the iocharset variable in the /etc/fstab file entry -> <merge key="<replaceable><iocharset text></replaceable>" type="bool">true</merge> - <!-- Set the codepage variable in the /etc/fstab file entry --> + <!- Set the codepage variable in the /etc/fstab file entry -> <merge key="<replaceable><codepage text></replaceable>" type="bool">true</merge> </match> @@ -386,6 +357,8 @@ </sect3> + --> + <sect3 id="hal-init"> <title>Boot Script</title> @@ -399,6 +372,13 @@ <primary sortas="f-haldaemon">haldaemon</primary> </indexterm> + <!-- Not sure if this is still required any longer as the HAL daemon + used to hang if you didn't first restart the DBUS daemon. This is + not the case any longer, but it still seems that D-Bus should be + restarted, as the hald.conf file is read by the D-BUS daemon. + Leaving it in for now until it is positively confirmed it is not + required. --> + <important> <para>If the system-wide <application>D-BUS</application> daemon was running during the installation of <application>HAL</application>, @@ -422,15 +402,9 @@ <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle> <seglistitem> - <seg>fstab-sync, hal.hotplug, hal-device, hal-device-manager, + <seg>hal-device, hal-device-manager, hal-find-by-capability, hal-find-by-property, hal-get-property, - hal-luks-remove, hal-luks-setup, hal-set-property, - hal-system-power-hibernate, hal-system-power-set-power-save, - hal-system-power-suspend, hald, hald-addon-acpi, hald-addon-hid-ups, - hald-addon-pmu, hald-addon-storage, hald-addon-usb-csr, - hald-probe-hiddev, hald-probe-input, hald-probe-pc-floppy, - hald-probe-printer, hald-probe-smbios, hald-probe-storage, - hald-probe-volume and lshal</seg> + hal-set-property, hald and lshal</seg> <seg>libhal.{so,a} and libhal-storage,{so,a}</seg> <seg>/etc/hal, /usr/include/hal, /usr/lib/hal, /usr/share/doc/hal-&hal-version;, /usr/share/hal @@ -443,21 +417,6 @@ <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> - <varlistentry id="fstab-sync"> - <term><command>fstab-sync</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>updates the file systems table file - <filename class='directory'>/etc/fstab</filename> and creates/removes - mount points in <filename class='directory'>/media</filename> in - response to <application>HAL</application> events. This program is - usually never run directly from a shell; instead it is invoked as a - callout by the <application>HAL</application> daemon.</para> - <indexterm zone="hal fstab-sync"> - <primary sortas="b-fstab-sync">fstab-sync</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry id="hal-device"> <term><command>hal-device</command></term> <listitem> @@ -520,30 +479,6 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry id="hal-luks-remove"> - <term><command>hal-luks-remove</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>is a <application>HAL</application> method wrapper for - <command>cryptsetup</command> remove. This program requires <ulink - url="http://luks.endorphin.org/dm-crypt";>LUKS</ulink>.</para> - <indexterm zone="hal hal-luks-remove"> - <primary sortas="b-hal-luks-remove">hal-luks-remove</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="hal-luks-setup"> - <term><command>hal-luks-setup</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>is a <application>HAL</application> method wrapper for - <command>luks-setup</command>. This program requires <ulink - url="http://luks.endorphin.org/dm-crypt";>LUKS</ulink>.</para> - <indexterm zone="hal hal-luks-setup"> - <primary sortas="b-hal-luks-setup">hal-luks-setup</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry id="hal-set-property"> <term><command>hal-set-property</command></term> <listitem> @@ -556,42 +491,6 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry id="hal-system-power-hibernate"> - <term><command>hal-system-power-hibernate</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>is a <application>HAL</application> wrapper script for - system power saving features. This program is currently not supported - on LFS platforms.</para> - <indexterm zone="hal hal-system-power-hibernate"> - <primary sortas="b-hal-system-power-hibernate">hal-system-power-hibernate</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="hal-system-power-set-power-save"> - <term><command>hal-system-power-set-power-save</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>is a <application>HAL</application> wrapper script for - system power saving features. This program is currently not supported - on LFS platforms.</para> - <indexterm zone="hal hal-system-power-set-power-save"> - <primary sortas="b-hal-system-power-set-power-save">hal-system-power-set-power-save</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="hal-system-power-suspend"> - <term><command>hal-system-power-suspend</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>is a <application>HAL</application> wrapper script for - system power saving features. This program is currently not supported - on LFS platforms.</para> - <indexterm zone="hal hal-system-power-suspend"> - <primary sortas="b-hal-system-power-suspend">hal-system-power-suspend</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry id="hald"> <term><command>hald</command></term> <listitem> Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2006-06-20 22:30:38 UTC (rev 6174) +++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2006-06-20 22:40:21 UTC (rev 6175) @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ <!ENTITY sysstat-version "6.0.2"> <!ENTITY apache-ant-version "1.6.5"> <!ENTITY dbus-version "0.62"> -<!ENTITY hal-version "0.5.4"> +<!ENTITY hal-version "0.5.7"> <!-- Chapter 12 --> <!ENTITY dejagnu-version "1.4.4"> Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2006-06-20 22:30:38 UTC (rev 6174) +++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2006-06-20 22:40:21 UTC (rev 6175) @@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ <para>June 20th, 2006</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> + <para>[randy] - Updated to HAL-0.5.7.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> <para>[randy] - Updated to D-BUS-0.62.</para> </listitem> <listitem> -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
