Re: alsa-base breaks linux-sound-base
On Sat, 01 Sep 2012 09:38:42 +0200
lee <lee@yun.yagibdah.de> wrote:
> Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:56:29 -0500, Charles Kroeger wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:20:02 +0200
> >> Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > (...)
> >
> >> http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/a/alsa-base/alsa-base_1.0.25+2+nmu1/changelog
> >>> * Drop linux-sound-base: OSS was removed from the kernel
> >>> pre-squeeze.
> >>> (closes: #662038). Remove all module list generation
> >>> machinery, it's now obsolete.
> >>> * Removing linux-sound-base also closes: #376241, #558408 the
> >>> hard way.
> >>>
> >>> Review the referenced bug reports and if there's nothing that
> >>> solves the problem you're facing you can report it.
>
> According to aptitude, alsa-base depends on linux-sound-base and
> conflicts with linux-sound-base. So you either have to remove both of
> them or keep their current versions.
>
> So am I supposed to report this problem against alsa-base as a problem
> of broken dependencies? Or should I remove both packages and
> (forcefully) re-install alsa-base in case I don't have sound anymore
> afterwards?
>
> How did you circumvent the problem?
>
>
There wasn't a problem, or at least not when it happened in sid. I
waited a while in case it was a temporary condition, then let it go
ahead, and it Just Worked. I'm not very demanding about sound, but it
does appear to work OK.
--
Joe
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