On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, Jörn Clausen wrote:
I consider it a real danger, if more and more packages of this quality are needed for basic libraries. I tried to install gimp, which led via librsvg -> libgsf -> gnome-vfs -> gnome-mount -> hal -> policykit to this broken package. If possible, the diffusion of low-level functionality like HAL into high-level libraries should be cut off at some point, at least as a build option. If this is not possible, maybe the Gnome folks need to be convinced to modularize their packages better.
If you really don't want HAL, add to mk.conf: PKG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS+= -hal Cheers, Jared