Your message dated Tue, 20 May 2014 06:52:10 +0000
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and subject line Bug#747662: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #708117,
regarding hal segmentation fault after upgrade
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Package: hal
Version: 0.5.14-8
Severity: important
After upgrading from 0.5.14-4 I've got hal failing to start with core
dump. Sorry, hadn't saved screen output, but this doesn't matter. I've
compiled debug version and found the source of core. But this is not
the most important issue. More important is, that user have no clue of
what to do with such kind of problem. More useful message should be
printed, as done in patch.
The source of core was broken fdi cache. I don't know, why it got
broken, but I've fixed my with:
mkdir /etc/hal/fdi/preprobe
rm /var/cache/hald/fdi-cache
/usr/lib/hal/hald-generate-fdi-cache
The behavior of software is very fragile, because it refuses to work
in absence of some directories. Maybe this was the source of broken
cache...
P.S. I know that HAL is deprecated. But this is not the reason for
leaving users sinking in a swamp of inaccuracy. Please, forward this
patch to upstream if applicable.
70-core-fix.patch
Description: Binary data
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 0.5.14-8+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package hal has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/747662
The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/.
This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is
a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing
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Ansgar Burchardt (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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