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Re: Shouldn't kernel-image-2.6.x-y-z depend on alsa-base ?



Le vendredi 04 mars 2005 à 15:29 +0100, Thomas Viehmann a écrit :
> Josselin Mouette wrote:
> > 2.6 kernel, alsa-base doesn't end up being installed. The result is that
> > for most sound cards, both OSS and ALSA modules end up installed,
> > resulting in various and random problems. To avoid that, shouldn't the
> > kernel-image packages for 2.6 depend on alsa-base?
> Please not. There's people running kernels without needing sound or 
> alsa-base. I wouldn't mind recommends/suggests, but depends is a litte 
> bit strong IMO.

As long as the linux26 installation ends up with both sound modules
loaded, that's a bug that needs to be fixed, though. Another option
would be to put the alsa modules in separate packages, just like pcmcia
modules.
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