Comment 7 for bug 95868

Hi,
tried the above patch, and worked for me.
Here a little guide with all the steps I done:

1. create a work directory:
$ mkdir builddir; cd builddir
1. download hal source package:
$ apt-get source hal
2. get the patch file attached in this comment and put it in builddir/hal/hal-0.5.8.1/debian/patches
3. rebuild hal:
$ cd hal/hal-0.5.8.1
$ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
4. install hal:
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb

5. Test if is all ok.