Bug#386582: please don't assume oss-compatible /dev/dsp is present
Package: libarts1c2a
Version: 1.5.4-1
Severity: normal
libarts1c2a seems to require an OSS-compatible /dev/dsp to work. However, starting
with Linux 2.6 (hence, starting with etch), both libasound2 and /dev/dsp
interfaces [1] are provided, and applications are no longer allowed to assume
a standard /dev/dsp is present.
This situation makes this package become broken for most users (i.e. those who
will install etch, or upgrade from sarge/linux2.4 and no longer have a working
/dev/dsp). I believe libarts1c2a should try to avoid this by enabling OSS
compatibility modules.
Fortunately, you don't need to worry about the details of binding OSS compat
modules to ALSA ones so that they're loaded when and only when ALSA drivers
are in use. The "oss-compat" package has been created with this purpose. You
can add a dependency on "oss-compat" to handle the compatibility for you.
[1] Not directly related to ALSA and OSS driver implementations. Whereas
libasound2 is ALSA-specific, /dev/dsp can be provided by both.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-amd64-k8
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)
Versions of packages libarts1c2a depends on:
ii libartsc0 1.5.4-1 aRts sound system C support librar
ii libasound2 1.0.11-7 ALSA library
ii libaudio2 1.8-2 The Network Audio System (NAS). (s
ii libaudiofile0 0.2.6-6 Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libesd0 0.2.36-3 Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared
ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-13 GCC support library
ii libglib2.0-0 2.10.3-3 The GLib library of C routines
ii libice6 1:1.0.1-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libjack0.100.0-0 0.101.1-1 JACK Audio Connection Kit (librari
ii libmad0 0.15.1b-2.1 MPEG audio decoder library
ii libogg0 1.1.3-2 Ogg Bitstream Library
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5.2 PNG library - runtime
ii libqt3-mt 3:3.3.6-4 Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii libsm6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 Session Management library
ii libstdc++6 4.1.1-13 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libvorbis0a 1.1.2-1 The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii libvorbisenc2 1.1.2-1 The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii libvorbisfile3 1.1.2-1 The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.0-8 X11 client-side library
ii libxext6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxt6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages libarts1c2a recommends:
pn libarts1-akode <none> (no description available)
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