On 4/26/07, Dan Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 4/20/07, Dan Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 4/15/07, Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Dan Nicholson wrote these words on 04/15/07 13:44 CST:
> > > On 4/15/07, Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >> The Perl Modules page is a perfect example of what I'm talking
> > >> about. In fact, Dan, if you'd like I'll knock out the D-Bus
> > >> bindings page and put it in the book. Let me know.
>
> Here's my first crack at updating the dbus page and bootscript. Sorry
> for the delay. In trying to test hal, I entered an enormous tangent to
> build gnome-2.18. So, I'm pretty sure it works. Comments on the
> attached diff.
And here's what I've got for HAL. I'd appreciate if someone can figure
out why it's not validating. It needs a new set of eyes. I can't see
where the error is.
Trying again with the patch. I need to go to bed...
--
Dan
Index: general.ent
===================================================================
--- general.ent (revision 6756)
+++ general.ent (working copy)
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@
<!ENTITY sysstat-version "7.0.4">
<!ENTITY apache-ant-version "1.7.0">
<!ENTITY dbus-version "0.62">
-<!ENTITY hal-version "0.5.7.1">
+<!ENTITY hal-version "0.5.9">
+<!ENTITY hal-info-version "20070425">
<!-- Chapter 12 -->
<!ENTITY dejagnu-version "1.4.4">
Index: general/sysutils/hal.xml
===================================================================
--- general/sysutils/hal.xml (revision 6756)
+++ general/sysutils/hal.xml (working copy)
@@ -6,10 +6,15 @@
<!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 "d7a7741808ba130f8aff3f5d3b5689e4">
+ <!ENTITY hal-md5sum "a6f532770cf9286e1de38d6570cbc6bc">
<!ENTITY hal-size "1.5 MB">
- <!ENTITY hal-buildsize "19.0 MB">
- <!ENTITY hal-time "0.5 SBU">
+ <!ENTITY hal-buildsize "20.2 MB">
+ <!ENTITY hal-time "0.4 SBU">
+
+ <!ENTITY hal-info-download-http "http://freedesktop.org/~david/dist/hal-info-&hal-info-version;.tar.gz";>
+ <!ENTITY hal-info-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/linux/mirrors/gentoo/distfiles/hal-info-&hal-info-version;.tar.gz";>
+ <!ENTITY hal-info-md5sum "69022cc562aa374c603d3ff8ca33569c">
+ <!ENTITY hal-info-size "106 KB">
]>
<sect1 id="hal" xreflabel="HAL-&hal-version;">
@@ -66,11 +71,32 @@
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Download</bridgehead>
+ <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
+ <title>Required Hardware Data</title>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&hal-info-download-http;"/></para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&hal-info-download-ftp;"/></para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Download MD5 sum: &hal-info-md5sum;</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Download size: &hal-info-size;</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"/>),
+ <para role="required"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
+ <xref linkend="glib2"/>,
+ <xref linkend="dbus"/>,
+ <!--
+ <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
+ -->
<xref linkend="python"/>, and
<xref linkend="perl-xml-parser"/></para>
@@ -80,12 +106,17 @@
<xref linkend="usbutils"/>
(with a current <filename>usb.ids</filename> file)</para>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (to Create Documentation)</bridgehead>
+ <para role="optional"><xref linkend="libxml2"/> and
+ <ulink url="http://cyberelk.net/tim/xmlto/";>xmlto</ulink></para>
+
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
- <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
- <xref linkend="intltool"/>,
+ <para role="optional"><xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>
+ <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/index.shtml";>Parted</ulink>,
<xref linkend="libusb"/>,
- <xref linkend="doxygen"/>, and
- <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/></para>
+ <ulink url="http://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/main/index.html";>libsmbios</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git;a=summary";>PolicyKit</ulink>, and
+ <xref linkend="intltool"/></para>
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
<ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/hal"/></para>
@@ -121,9 +152,18 @@
<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
-<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
-install -v -m755 -d /var/run/hald</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+ <para>Prepare the <application>HAL</application> hardware data with the
+ following commands:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>tar -xf ../hal-info-&hal-info-version;.tar.gz &&
+./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Finally, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+
</sect2>
<sect2 role="commands">
@@ -139,11 +179,26 @@
<filename class='directory'>/var/run/hald</filename> instead of
<filename class='directory'>/usr/var/run/hald</filename>.</para>
+ <para><parameter>--enable-docbook-docs
+ --docdir=/usr/share/doc/hal-&hal-version;</parameter>: If <xref
+ linkend="libxml2" and <ulink url="http://cyberelk.net/tim/xmlto/";>xmlto</ulink>
+ are available, these parameters enable the <application>HAL</application>
+ specification documentation to be built.</para>
+
</sect2>
<sect2 id="hal-runtime-dependencies" xreflabel="GNOME-Python">
<title>Run-Time Dependencies</title>
+ <para>A few more packages enable more functionality in
+ <application>HAL</application> at run-time. These include <ulink
+ url="http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/eject.html">Eject</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="http://people.freedesktop.org/~mccann/dist/";>ConsoleKit</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="http://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/";>dmidecode</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="http://sourceware.org/dm/";>Device-mapper</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="http://luks.endorphin.org/dm-crypt";>Cryptsetup-LUKS</ulink>, and
+ <ulink url="http://cvsweb.freedesktop.org/pm-utils/pm-utils/";>pm-utils</ulink>.</para>
+
<para>The <xref linkend="hal-device-manager"/> program requires several
additional packages to be installed before it will run. The list is
significant and requires a substantial commitment to install them. It is
@@ -489,13 +544,14 @@
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
- <seg>hal-device, hal-device-manager,
+ <seg>hal-device, hal-device-manager, hal-disable-polling,
hal-find-by-capability, hal-find-by-property, hal-get-property,
- hal-set-property, hald and lshal</seg>
+ hal-set-property, hal-is-caller-locked-out, hal-lock, 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
- and /var/run/hald</seg>
+ /usr/share/doc/hal-&hal-version;, /usr/share/hal, /var/cache/hald,
+ /var/lib/hal, and /var/run/hald</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
@@ -532,6 +588,17 @@
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry id="hal-disable-polling">
+ <term><command>hal-disable-polling</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>can be used to to disable and enable media detection on
+ drives with removable storage.</para>
+ <indexterm zone="hal hal-disable-polling">
+ <primary sortas="b-hal-disable-polling">hal-disable-polling</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry id="hal-find-by-capability">
<term><command>hal-find-by-capability</command></term>
<listitem>
@@ -578,6 +645,17 @@
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry id="hal-is-caller-locked-out">
+ <term><command>hal-is-caller-locked-out</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>determines if a specific caller is locked out of a specific
+ <application>D-Bus</application> interface on a specific device.</para>
+ <indexterm zone="hal hal-is-caller-locked-out">
+ <primary sortas="b-hal-is-caller-locked-out">hal-is-caller-locked-out</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry id="hald">
<term><command>hald</command></term>
<listitem>
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