Comment 50 for bug 43572

The HAL release, which includes the fix, is in the Gutsy Gibbon repository and has been back-ported to Feisty.
However, even though the source code, which corresponds to the Ubuntu 7.04 back-ported package (0.5.9-1ubuntu2~feisty1, see http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty-backports/source/hal), includes the Dell LCD brightness update, the LCD brightness dim on idle does not work after updating.

In other words, the HAL addon + the FDI (hal-info) files for the Dell LCD brightness are missing from the Ubuntu deb binary packages that have been back-ported. However, the Ubuntu source code for the package clearly shows that the addon and FDI file are both present. I cannot state anything for Gutsy Gibbon. Does anyone knows why hasn't it been included in the binary package?

I wanted to compile the source code available (http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty-backports/source/hal), so I decompressed the file and I applied the Feisty patch. Now, I do not know if there are some special flags or third party libraries that are necessary to compile. Can anyone point me at the commands required to compile HAL for Feisty (if different than just ./configure && make)?
Also, once compiled, is there a way that I can create a DEB package?

Maybe there is some documentation out there. If you happen to now where, I would be more than glad :-)