hal 0.5.8.1-4ubuntu1 source package in Ubuntu

Changelog

hal (0.5.8.1-4ubuntu1) feisty; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian unstable; remaining changes:
     + Drop linux-kernel-headers (called linux-libc-dev in Ubuntu and
       build-essential).
   - Launchpad integration:
     + Add p-l-i dependency to hal-device-manager.
     + Add debian/patches/ubuntu-lpi.patch: h-d-m code bits.
   - hwdb integration:
     + Add hwdb-client-gnome dependency to hal-device-manager.
     + Add icons: debian/{hal-cpu,hal-memory,hwdb}.png.uuencode.
     + debian/patches/34-add_hwdb_button.patch: Glade modifications and Python
       code hook.
     + debian/rules: uudecode icons during build.
   - Privilege reduction:
     + debian/hal.postinst: Add haldaemon to various groups for removable
       device access (floppy, plugdev, etc.).
     + debian/patches/25_privileges-addons.patch: Run addon-storage as
       non-root.
   - Langpack support for .desktop file:
     + debian/hal-device-manager.desktop: Add gettext domain, improve comment.
     + Add debian/hal-device-manager.desktop.in: .desktop stub for intltool
       POT creation.
     + debian/patches/ubuntu-desktop-POTFILES.patch: Add this desktop.in to
       po/POTFILES.in.
     + debian/rules: Include gnome.mk to do the automagic POT building.
   - debian/hal-device-manager.install: Install device manager .desktop file
     into control-center-2.0/capplets/.
   - debian/hald.8: Remove documentation of removed --retain-privileges
     option.
   - debian/hal.postrm: Check mode ($1) properly.
   - Re-enumerate remaining Ubuntu patches.
   - debian/patches/24_ignored_volumes.patch:
     + Ignore unmounted fixed partitions but those mounted to /media.
     + Ignore unmounted fixed crypto partitions but those mounted to /media.
     + Ignore removable Apple bootstrap partitions.
   - Laptop fixes:
     + debian/patches/26_volume_and_aliased_keys.patch: LP#22451 (fix from
       Paul Sladen).
     + debian/patches/28-fix-omnibook-brightness-levels.patch: Omnibooks have
       11 brightness levels, not 8.
     + debian/patches/31_laptop-panel-fixes.patch: Some Thinkpads control
       brightness in Hardware.
   - debian/patches/27-hdm-nice-keyvalues.patch: Prettify lists in the device
     manager.
   - debian/patches/30-mp3-player-fdi.patch: Support some more music players.
   - debian/patches/32_smartcard_drivetype.patch: Some MMC cards call
     themselves 'Storage-SDC'.
   - debian/patches/33-prefer-pmi-over-powersave.patch: Nomen est omen.
     pmi generally works better than powersave.
   - debian/rules: Fix installation of udev rules for Ubuntu's udev layout.
   - debian/run-hald.sh: Put absolute paths in HALD_RUNNER_PATH so that
     callouts are found, too.
   - debian/patches/55_nonpolkit-mount-policy.patch: Implement a policy check
     if PolicyKit is not available: Only allow mounting of removable devices
     to non-root users.
   - debian/patches/56_probe_fstab.patch: Check whether a volume or storage
     device is present in fstab, and if so, set linux.fstab.options and
     linux.fstab.mountpoint.
   - debian/patches/24_ignored_volumes.patch: Replace the old policy about
     showing/hiding volumes: Now show all volumes, except those which are
     mounted automatically in /etc/fstab.
   - Add debian/patches/57_allow_bus_virtual.patch: Accept BUS_VIRTUAL input
     devices (i.e. uinput) even though they have no physical device.

hal (0.5.8.1-4) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Michael Biebl ]
  * Improve short description of the hal-doc package. (Closes: #387374)

  [ Sebastian Dröge ]
  * Patches from upstream GIT:
    + debian/patches/24_dbus_connection_close.patch:
      - Don't call dbus_connection_close() in lshal and hal-device. This is
        invalid usage of DBus API.
        GIT changeset c85e02d58d6503b494bb4c8584a7c44ac6923208
    + debian/patches/25_correctly_free_lists.patch:
      - Correctly free lists to prevent accessing free'd memory.
        GIT changeset a56a15b90177734c70a8b03d961a7bcabdea2af8
    + debian/patches/26_fix_hald_not_running_coredump.patch:
      - Don't coredump utilities when hald is not running but print a usefull
        error message. GIT changeset c2053bf825cd9d81949d63ad83790a68310bb808

  [ Sjoerd Simons ]
  * debian/patches/02_powerscripts.patch
    + Prefer hibernate over uswsusp. (Closes: #397302)
  * debian/patches/27_hal_fix_dbus_error_is_set.patch
    + Added. Ensure libhal never calls dbus_error_is_set(NULL) as that's not
    allowed in the D-Bus API

 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden>   Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:09:37 +0100