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wizardofos
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 Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 1:39 pm Post subject: /etc/init.d/hald and hotplug |
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Hi
I use hal, and wondered why HAL uses hotplug instead of hotplug-base. I don't see where's the need for hotplug?
Another thing: HAL has "depend hotplug" in it's initscripts, which is a bit of a nonsense, cause there isn't anything useful in /etc/init.d/hotplug (it's kind of a dummy).
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Headrush
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You're right, its a dummy file used for backward compatability needed for some packages and to maintain package dependencies.
Just leave it, it won't hurt anything. |
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wizardofos
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Hm, but there are still two things:
1. Why does hald depend on hotplug instead of hotplug-base? Does it need the scripts in /etc/hotplug
2. Why does /etc/init.d/hald depend on the nearly empty hotplug script?
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Headrush
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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| wizardofos wrote: | Hm, but there are still two things:
1. Why does hald depend on hotplug instead of hotplug-base? Does it need the scripts in /etc/hotplug
2. Why does /etc/init.d/hald depend on the nearly empty hotplug script?
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The hotplug package contains several configuration files for many usb devices, so it is still needed.
I believe it is those files that hald uses.
The hotplug package requires hotplug-base, so it is probably easier to leave hotplug as dependency by other packages instead of hotplug-base. This way you get both.
For a definitive answer, you would need to ask package maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman. |
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wizardofos
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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| OK thanks! |
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onlymee
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