hal 0.5.7 "Dead as Dillinger." released

[David Zeuthen]

On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 22:40 +1300, Simon Geard wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 01:31 -0500, David Zeuthen wrote:
> > Requirements for HAL 0.5.7 "Dead as Dillinger."
> > 
> >  - Linux kernel     >= 2.6.15
> >  - util-linux       >= 2.13
> 
> Excuse me for asking, but what exactly is the requirement on util-linux
> 2.13? As far as I can tell, there isn't actually a 2.13 release yet,
> only a bunch of -pre releases in the 'testing' directory on kernel.org.

Ah, sorry, I just took the version number from the RPM of util-linux
that Fedora is shipping. My bad.

> So is this actually a hard requirement for HAL, or should 2.12r be
> sufficient for most purposes?

It most definitely should be. I've just noted this in the NEWS file on
CVS HEAD. Thanks for the heads up.

Cheers,
David