diff --git a/cups-backends-silenct-hal.patch b/cups-backends-silenct-hal.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..579aed3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cups-backends-silenct-hal.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+diff -ur /usr/src/packages/BUILD/cups-backends-1.0/hal.c ./hal.c
+--- /usr/src/packages/BUILD/cups-backends-1.0/hal.c	2005-07-26 05:50:29.000000000 -0400
++++ ./hal.c	2007-07-12 15:39:37.000000000 -0400
+@@ -75,11 +75,14 @@
+ static void
+ list_devices (void)
+ {
+-	LibHalContext *hal_ctx;
+-	char **printers;
+-	int i, n;
++	//LibHalContext *hal_ctx;
++	//char **printers;
++	//int i, n;
+ 	
+-	if (!(hal_ctx = get_hal_ctx ()))
++	printf("direct hal \"Unknown\" \"Hal printing backend\"\n"); 
++
++#if 0
++    if (!(hal_ctx = get_hal_ctx ()))
+ 		return;
+ 	
+ 	printers = libhal_find_device_by_capability (hal_ctx, "printer", &n, NULL);
+@@ -126,6 +129,7 @@
+ 	
+ 	libhal_ctx_shutdown (hal_ctx, NULL);
+ 	libhal_ctx_free (hal_ctx);
++#endif
+ }
+ 
+ /*
diff --git a/cups-backends.changes b/cups-backends.changes
index 4dce3ae..2130895 100644
--- a/cups-backends.changes
+++ b/cups-backends.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul 30 20:31:55 CEST 2007 - crivera@suse.de
+
+- Silence the hal backend.  This will allow current printers
+  that use the hal backend to work, but it will not report new
+  printers.  This is the first step toward removing the backend
+  completely. 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar 22 19:20:19 CET 2006 - lmuelle@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cups-backends.spec b/cups-backends.spec
index c73d257..92bc100 100644
--- a/cups-backends.spec
+++ b/cups-backends.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package cups-backends (Version 1.0)
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2006 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2007 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 # This file and all modifications and additions to the pristine
 # package are under the same license as the package itself.
 #
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 Name:           cups-backends
 BuildRequires:  cups-devel hal-devel
 Summary:        Various Free Backends for the cups Package
-License:        GPL
+License:        GPL v2 or later
 Group:          Hardware/Printing
 Version:        1.0
-Release:        11
+Release:        103
 Source0:        http://www.srz.de/Members/bla/cups/backend/hpnpf/hpnpf.tgz
 Source1:        http://www.srz.de/Members/bla/cups/backend/hpnpf/hpnpf.txt
 Source2:        cups-pipe.pl
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Source4:        hal.c
 Source5:        http://www.linuxprinting.org/download/printing/beh
 Source6:        README-beh.html
 Patch0:         hpnpf.patch
+Patch1:         cups-backends-silenct-hal.patch
 Requires:       cups-libs, dbus-1, hal
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ cd ..
 cp -a %{SOURCE4} .
 cp -a %{SOURCE5} beh
 cp -a %{SOURCE6} .
+%patch1 -p0
 
 %build
 gcc $RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fPIC -fPIE -pie -DDBUS_API_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE \
@@ -65,7 +67,12 @@ install -m 755 -D beh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/cups/backend/beh
 %{_libdir}/cups/backend/*
 %doc README-beh.html
 
-%changelog -n cups-backends
+%changelog
+* Mon Jul 30 2007 - crivera@suse.de
+- Silence the hal backend.  This will allow current printers
+  that use the hal backend to work, but it will not report new
+  printers.  This is the first step toward removing the backend
+  completely.
 * Wed Mar 22 2006 - lmuelle@suse.de
 - Update beh backend to the current version.
 - Add beh documentation derivated from http://www.linuxprinting.org/beh.html.