[arch-general] Do I need HAL?

[Lukas Fleischer]

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 06:46:13AM -0400, Matthew Monaco wrote:
> >How can I know if I still need HAL?
> [...]
> After an upgrade, it will remain on your system if you do a pacman -Qdt

... which will, however, only work if hal hasn't been installed
explicitly and will also disregard optdeps.

If you're not sure whether to remove hal or net, it's best to check
packages for hal optdeps and disable hal for a while (remove it from the
"DAEMONS" line in your "/etc/rc.conf"). If everything still works as
expected you can most likely remove it.