On (11/10/07 18:01) Henk Boom wrote: > On 11/10/2007, Rumen Yotov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > $quse hal - gives you all packages with 'hal' flag support. > > To check for all installed apps currently not using hal: > > 1.put hal in USE= (/etc/make.conf) > > 2.run #emerge -N world -p > > What if a package requires HAL, and not optionally? For example, I > know from experience that gnome-power-manager will not start without > hal running, but it doesn't have the hal use flag. > > Henk Boom > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > Hi,
If 'hal' is a required dependency emerge will require to install it before the app in question. If correctly written the start-up scripts will check/require 'hal' to be running. Or at least post a message (elog) about it. HTH. Rumen -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
