amarok / libgpod destroys iPod playlists

[Jörg Becker <news@freenet.de>]

Hello,

I have a problem using my iPod with amarok from etch. Whenever I use the iPod 
with amarok I loose the contents of all my iPod playlist except the first 
one. I can see the playlists within the iPod, but they are empty.

It seems to be a libgpod0 problem. When I use my iPod in the office (suse 
10.2, libgpod0.4.0) I did not have this problem.

I found packages for libgpod0.4.0 and libgpod0.4.2 in unstable/experimental. 
But a 'sudo apt-get -s -t unstable install amarok' shows, that many important 
packages will be upgraded or removed. So I decided to backport 
amarok/libgpod.

Is there any advice how to build an amarok not destroying iPod playlists? Is 
it possible to build libgpod0.4.2 from unstable without problems for etch. Is 
it sufficient to rebuild amarok from etch sources with libgpod0.4.2 or must I 
recompile some other things? Is it possible to compile amarok 1.4.5 from 
unstable sources for etch (without recompiling other kde parts)?

Or much easier: Is there any other solution for my problem? Or has already 
anybody a backported amarok/libgpod or is such one planed for etch-backports 
in the near future?


Thanks,

Jörg