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On 16-10-2008 21:19, Phil Blundell wrote:
> I discovered today that xorg-xserver-common.inc has:
>
> RDEPENDS_${PN} = "hal"
>
> which seems a bit undesirable.  I propose to remove this hard-wired
> dependency; any DISTRO who wants to keep it can specify that in their
> own config file.
>
> Any objections?

Yes. Recent xservers need hal for various input systems to work 
correctly. So instead of crippling the xserver you can keep a crippled 
version in your personal tree or overlay.

The rdepends is there because someone has split out libhal main hal 
package, having hal dependant apps break for not being able to contact 
the hal daemon.