Index: general.ent
===================================================================
--- general.ent	(revision fb192216111bac7cabb2d413e902f6759fd944a3)
+++ general.ent	(revision 6b547632eb6bb7ecba162306b4fa142fbf278299)
@@ -326,5 +326,5 @@
 <!ENTITY apache-ant-version           "1.8.1">
 <!ENTITY dbus-version                 "1.4.16">
-<!ENTITY hal-version                  "0.5.14">
+<!-- <!ENTITY hal-version                  "0.5.14"> -->
 <!ENTITY udev-version                 "Installed LFS Version">
 <!ENTITY upower-version               "0.9.14">
Index: general/sysutils/autofs.xml
===================================================================
--- general/sysutils/autofs.xml	(revision fb192216111bac7cabb2d413e902f6759fd944a3)
+++ general/sysutils/autofs.xml	(revision 6b547632eb6bb7ecba162306b4fa142fbf278299)
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
     other removable storage devices without requiring the system
     administrator to mount the devices although this capability is now generally
-    provided by HAL (see <xref linkend="hal"/>).  This may not be ideal for all
-    installations, so be aware of the risks before implementing this feature.</para>
+    provided by HAL (see 
+    <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal">Hal</ulink>).
+    This may not be ideal for all installations, so be aware of the risks before
+    implementing this feature.</para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
Index: general/sysutils/gvfs.xml
===================================================================
--- general/sysutils/gvfs.xml	(revision fb192216111bac7cabb2d413e902f6759fd944a3)
+++ general/sysutils/gvfs.xml	(revision 6b547632eb6bb7ecba162306b4fa142fbf278299)
@@ -72,5 +72,5 @@
     <ulink url="http://fuse.sourceforge.net/">FUSE</ulink>,
     <xref linkend="gnome-disk-utility"/>,
-    <xref linkend="hal"/>,
+    <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal">Hal</ulink>,
     <xref linkend="libarchive"/>,
     <ulink url="http://directory.fsf.org/project/libcdio/">libcdio</ulink>,
Index: general/sysutils/pciutils.xml
===================================================================
--- general/sysutils/pciutils.xml	(revision fb192216111bac7cabb2d413e902f6759fd944a3)
+++ general/sysutils/pciutils.xml	(revision 6b547632eb6bb7ecba162306b4fa142fbf278299)
@@ -96,6 +96,5 @@
 
     <para><parameter>ZLIB=no</parameter>: This parameter prevents compression of
-    the <filename>pci.ids</filename> file which is needed by other applications
-    such as <xref linkend="hal"/>.</para>
+    the <filename>pci.ids</filename> file.</para>
   </sect2>
 
Index: general/sysutils/sysutils.xml
===================================================================
--- general/sysutils/sysutils.xml	(revision fb192216111bac7cabb2d413e902f6759fd944a3)
+++ general/sysutils/sysutils.xml	(revision 6b547632eb6bb7ecba162306b4fa142fbf278299)
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="dbus.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="dbus-bindings.xml"/>
-  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="hal.xml"/>
+  <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="hal.xml"/> -->
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="udev.xml"/>
   <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="DeviceKit.xml"/> -->
Index: gnome/add/gnome-applets.xml
===================================================================
--- gnome/add/gnome-applets.xml	(revision fb192216111bac7cabb2d413e902f6759fd944a3)
+++ gnome/add/gnome-applets.xml	(revision 6b547632eb6bb7ecba162306b4fa142fbf278299)
@@ -68,5 +68,5 @@
     <xref linkend="libgtop"/>,
     <xref linkend="gst-plugins-base"/>,
-    <xref linkend="hal"/>,
+    <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal">Hal</ulink>,
     <xref linkend="libgnomekbd"/>,
     <xref linkend="gucharmap"/>,
Index: gnome/add/obsolete/gnome-mount.xml
===================================================================
--- gnome/add/obsolete/gnome-mount.xml	(revision fb192216111bac7cabb2d413e902f6759fd944a3)
+++ gnome/add/obsolete/gnome-mount.xml	(revision 6b547632eb6bb7ecba162306b4fa142fbf278299)
@@ -70,5 +70,5 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
     <para role="required"><xref linkend="gnome-keyring"/>,
-    <xref linkend="hal"/>,
+    <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal">Hal</ulink>,
     <xref linkend="libglade"/>,
     <xref linkend="libnotify"/></para>
Index: gnome/add/obsolete/gnome-volume-manager.xml
===================================================================
--- gnome/add/obsolete/gnome-volume-manager.xml	(revision fb192216111bac7cabb2d413e902f6759fd944a3)
+++ gnome/add/obsolete/gnome-volume-manager.xml	(revision 6b547632eb6bb7ecba162306b4fa142fbf278299)
@@ -71,5 +71,6 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
     <para role="required"><xref linkend="libgnomeui"/> and
-    <xref linkend="hal"/></para>
+    <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal">Hal</ulink>.
+    </para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
Index: gnome/add/obsolete/liboobs.xml
===================================================================
--- gnome/add/obsolete/liboobs.xml	(revision fb192216111bac7cabb2d413e902f6759fd944a3)
+++ gnome/add/obsolete/liboobs.xml	(revision 6b547632eb6bb7ecba162306b4fa142fbf278299)
@@ -65,5 +65,6 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
     <para role="optional"><xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> and
-    <xref linkend="hal"/></para>
+    <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal">Hal</ulink>.
+    </para>
 
     <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
Index: gnome/add/obsolete/nautilus-cd-burner.xml
===================================================================
--- gnome/add/obsolete/nautilus-cd-burner.xml	(revision fb192216111bac7cabb2d413e902f6759fd944a3)
+++ gnome/add/obsolete/nautilus-cd-burner.xml	(revision 6b547632eb6bb7ecba162306b4fa142fbf278299)
@@ -63,5 +63,6 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
     <para role="required"><xref linkend="nautilus"/>
-    and <xref linkend="hal"/></para>
+    and <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal">Hal</ulink>.
+    </para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
Index: gnome/deprecated/gnome-vfs.xml
===================================================================
--- gnome/deprecated/gnome-vfs.xml	(revision fb192216111bac7cabb2d413e902f6759fd944a3)
+++ gnome/deprecated/gnome-vfs.xml	(revision 6b547632eb6bb7ecba162306b4fa142fbf278299)
@@ -71,5 +71,5 @@
     <para role="optional"><xref linkend="samba3"/>,
     <xref linkend="gamin"/>,
-    <xref linkend="hal"/>,
+    <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal">Hal</ulink>,
     <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
     <xref linkend="openssh"/>,
Index: introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision fb192216111bac7cabb2d413e902f6759fd944a3)
+++ introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision 6b547632eb6bb7ecba162306b4fa142fbf278299)
@@ -57,4 +57,7 @@
           <para>[abenton] - Remove cdrtools.</para>
         </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[abenton] - Remove Hal.</para>
+        </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
Index: kde/core/kdebase.xml
===================================================================
--- kde/core/kdebase.xml	(revision fb192216111bac7cabb2d413e902f6759fd944a3)
+++ kde/core/kdebase.xml	(revision 6b547632eb6bb7ecba162306b4fa142fbf278299)
@@ -76,5 +76,5 @@
     <para role="optional">
       <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>,
-      <xref linkend="hal"/>,
+      <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal">Hal</ulink>,
       <xref linkend="libusb-compat"/>,
       <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>,
Index: kde/core/kdelibs.xml
===================================================================
--- kde/core/kdelibs.xml	(revision fb192216111bac7cabb2d413e902f6759fd944a3)
+++ kde/core/kdelibs.xml	(revision 6b547632eb6bb7ecba162306b4fa142fbf278299)
@@ -99,5 +99,6 @@
     /media/[device_name] for any user without any fstab modification. It is
     needed to enable the full integration of <application>KDE</application>
-    with <xref linkend="hal"/>.</para>
+    with <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal">Hal</ulink>.
+    </para>
 
   </sect2>
Index: multimedia/cdwriteutils/k3b.xml
===================================================================
--- multimedia/cdwriteutils/k3b.xml	(revision fb192216111bac7cabb2d413e902f6759fd944a3)
+++ multimedia/cdwriteutils/k3b.xml	(revision 6b547632eb6bb7ecba162306b4fa142fbf278299)
@@ -99,5 +99,5 @@
     <xref linkend="ffmpeg"/>,
     <xref linkend="flac"/>,
-    <xref linkend="hal"/> and
+    <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal">Hal</ulink>, and
     <xref linkend="dbus-qt3"/>,
     <xref linkend="lame"/>,
Index: multimedia/libdriv/gst-plugins-good.xml
===================================================================
--- multimedia/libdriv/gst-plugins-good.xml	(revision fb192216111bac7cabb2d413e902f6759fd944a3)
+++ multimedia/libdriv/gst-plugins-good.xml	(revision 6b547632eb6bb7ecba162306b4fa142fbf278299)
@@ -81,5 +81,5 @@
     <xref linkend="flac"/>,
     <xref linkend="gtk2"/> (required to build the examples),
-    <xref linkend="hal"/>,
+    <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal">Hal</ulink>,
     <ulink url="http://www.ladspa.org/">LADSPA</ulink>,
     <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libavc1394/">libavc1394</ulink>
Index: multimedia/libdriv/pulseaudio.xml
===================================================================
--- multimedia/libdriv/pulseaudio.xml	(revision fb192216111bac7cabb2d413e902f6759fd944a3)
+++ multimedia/libdriv/pulseaudio.xml	(revision 6b547632eb6bb7ecba162306b4fa142fbf278299)
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@
     <xref linkend="glib2"/>,
     <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
-    <xref linkend="hal"/>,
+    <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal">Hal</ulink>,
     <ulink url="http://jackit.sourceforge.net/">JACK</ulink>,
     <ulink url="http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsamplerate/">Secret Rabbit
Index: x/installing/x7server.xml
===================================================================
--- x/installing/x7server.xml	(revision fb192216111bac7cabb2d413e902f6759fd944a3)
+++ x/installing/x7server.xml	(revision 6b547632eb6bb7ecba162306b4fa142fbf278299)
@@ -72,5 +72,5 @@
     <xref linkend="fop"/>, (to build documentation),
     <xref linkend="gs"/> (to build documentation),
-    <xref linkend="hal"/>,
+    <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal">Hal</ulink>,
     <xref linkend="mesalib"/> (required for DRI)</para>
 
Index: x/wm/xfce.xml
===================================================================
--- x/wm/xfce.xml	(revision fb192216111bac7cabb2d413e902f6759fd944a3)
+++ x/wm/xfce.xml	(revision 6b547632eb6bb7ecba162306b4fa142fbf278299)
@@ -139,5 +139,7 @@
     <xref linkend="xfce-mcs-manager"/>,
     <xref linkend="dbus"/> (optional, untested by BLFS editors, needed
-    for <xref linkend="hal"/>-based shutdown support, which also needs
+    for
+    <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal">Hal</ulink>-based
+    shutdown support, which also needs
     <ulink url="http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/">PolicyKit</ulink> and
     <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/ConsoleKit">ConsoleKit</ulink>
@@ -196,7 +198,10 @@
     <xref linkend="libxfce4util"/>,
     <xref linkend="xfce-mcs-manager"/>,
-    <xref linkend="hal"/> (optional, not recommended, see explanation below),
+    <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal">Hal</ulink>
+    (optional, not recommended, see explanation below),
     <xref linkend="libnotify"/> (optional,
-    useless without <xref linkend="hal"/>, see explanation below), and
+    useless without 
+    <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal">Hal</ulink>,
+    see explanation below), and
     <ulink url="http://www.pygtk.org/">PyGTK</ulink> (optional, untested).</para>
 
@@ -254,5 +259,6 @@
     <!-- <xref linkend="fam"/> or --><xref linkend="gamin"/> (optional)
     <xref linkend="dbus"/> with <xref linkend="glib2"/> bindings (optional),
-    <xref linkend="hal"/> (optional, not recommended), and
+    <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal">Hal</ulink>
+    (optional, not recommended), and
     <xref linkend="GConf"/> (optional, for support of GNOME thumbnailers,
     untested by BLFS editors).</para>
@@ -409,8 +415,10 @@
     install some utility programs to the correct location.</para>
 
-    <para><parameter>--disable-hal</parameter>: disables <xref linkend="hal"/>
+    <para><parameter>--disable-hal</parameter>: disables 
+    <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal">Hal</ulink>
     support in <xref linkend="exo"/>.</para>
 
-    <para><parameter>--with-volume-manager=none</parameter>: disables <xref linkend="hal"/>
+    <para><parameter>--with-volume-manager=none</parameter>: disables
+    <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal">Hal</ulink>
     support in <xref linkend="Thunar"/>.</para>
 
Index: xsoft/other/gimp.xml
===================================================================
--- xsoft/other/gimp.xml	(revision fb192216111bac7cabb2d413e902f6759fd944a3)
+++ xsoft/other/gimp.xml	(revision 6b547632eb6bb7ecba162306b4fa142fbf278299)
@@ -103,5 +103,5 @@
     <xref linkend="curl"/>,
     <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
-    <xref linkend="hal"/>,
+    <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal">Hal</ulink>,
     <xref linkend="iso-codes"/>,
     <xref linkend="gnome-vfs"/>,
