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Bug#119026: mpg123: package mpg123 doesn't depend upon libmad0, despite linking against it



Alexis Paul Musgrave <muz@cwcom.net> wrote:
> Package: mpg123
> Version: 0.59q-2
> Severity: important
> 
> The mpg123 package doesn't depend upon libmad0, despite linking against it.
> 
> "mpg123: error while loading shared libraries: libmad.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"
> 

Are you sure you do not have mpg321 installed? It includes an alternative
symlink from /etc/alternatives/mpg123 to /usr/bin/mpg321.

mpg321 depends on libmad0.

mpg123 is non-free, but libmad0 is GPL, so if you are correct mpg123 should be
removed from the archive.

-- 
Edward Betts (GPG: 1BC4E32B)



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