From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 8 17:26:23 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29E2B1065670; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 17:26:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mezz7@cox.net) Received: from eastrmmtao106.cox.net (eastrmmtao106.cox.net [68.230.240.48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FAD98FC21; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 17:26:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mezz7@cox.net) Received: from eastrmimpo03.cox.net ([68.1.16.126]) by eastrmmtao106.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20080408172623.SNYG15722.eastrmmtao106.cox.net@eastrmimpo03.cox.net>; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 13:26:23 -0400 Received: from mezz.mezzweb.com ([24.255.149.218]) by eastrmimpo03.cox.net with bizsmtp id B5SL1Z00L4iy4EG025SMCn; Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:26:21 -0400 Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:29:07 -0500 To: "Joe Marcus Clarke" From: "Jeremy Messenger" Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=us-ascii MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1207543843.22879.21.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1207543843.22879.21.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.27 (Linux) Cc: ports , FreeBSD GNOME Users Subject: Re: CFT: New hal patchset X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:26:23 -0000 On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:50:43 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke 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