reopen 612013 retitle 612013 uses deprecated HAL for network device enumeration thanks
Am 05.02.2011 18:57, schrieb Guido Günther: > On Sat, Feb 05, 2011 at 06:29:17PM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: >> Hi Guido! >> >> On 05.02.2011 16:47, Guido Günther wrote: >>> On Fri, Feb 04, 2011 at 06:34:18PM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: >>>> As soon as I install the hal package, my bridge interfaces are visible >>>> within virt-manager. >>> >>> Yes, it's still used for bridge enumeration within virt-manager. I added >>> a suggests. >> >> Given that hal is going away, would it be possible to port it to use udev (or >> any other mechanism) instead? >> The only reason why I have to install hal on this KVM server is for libvirt, >> which is a bit of a heavy weight dep imho. > Libvirt doesn't use it at all. It's only used by virt-manager but the > code should indeed be replaced. I'm going to reopen this bug report. Given that hal is a deprecated technology and we want to get rid of it in Debian, adding a mere Suggests on hal is not the way forward. Please consider updating virt-manager so network device enumeration works without HAL. Thanks, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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