Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:29:07 -0500 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Joe Marcus Clarke" <marcus@freebsd.org> Cc: ports <ports@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: CFT: New hal patchset Message-ID: <op.t9ayutkp9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <1207543843.22879.21.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <1207543843.22879.21.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:50:43 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > I'm looking for people to test this small patchset for hal to look for > adverse effects. Ideally, these patches should be a big no-op for the > majority of users, but I want to make sure there are no regressions. > > If you are going to test, first save the output of lshal to have a > control with which to compare. Then, apply the following diff to > sysutils/hal: > > # cd /usr/ports/sysutils/hal It should be: # cd /usr/ports/sysutils > # patch -p < /path/to/hal.diff > # portupgrade -fOW hal > > If you do notice a problem, please provide a clear problem description > and the before and after lshal outputs. > > Some users may notice an improvement in the following areas: > > * Discs formatted with non-ISO, non-UDF file systems are properly > detected > * Certain unsliced file systems (e.g. FAT, NTFS, etc.) are properly > detected (and mounted) > > I'm not interested in general hal problems (though those _should_ be > reported). I just want confirmation that this patchset does not > introduce _new_ problems. Thanks. > > http://www.marcuscom.com/downloads/hal.diff I can test it this week when I am done w/ update my system. My system is pretty out of date right now. I haven't update ports tree and installed ports since GNOME 2.22 went in. Cheers, Mezz > Joe -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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