Ubuntu
acpi-support package

  1. Bug #59695
  2. Comment #549

Comment 549 for bug 59695

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Bart Samwel (bart-samwel) wrote : Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

Przemysław Kulczycki wrote:
> Why is acpi-support still used in Intrepid? Shouldn't Ubuntu use pm-
> utils only by now?

The acpi-support package has two functions. One is suspend, the other is
to translate hardware specific events into generic ones (such as custom
keys). I'm considering a functional split in Debian, but that's
postponed until after the Lenny release.

BTW, the Debian package deprecates the acpi-support suspend code in
favour of pm-utils. The Ubuntu version still uses its own suspend code,
but the config file incorrectly advertises the new Debian functionality.
Perhaps someone should report it as a bug? I should probably do it myself...