Re: alsa-base breaks linux-sound-base
Dom <toyer@rpdom.net> writes:
> On 01/09/12 14:35, lee wrote:
>> Joe<joe@jretrading.com> writes:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> Hm ok, I'm running testing, so things might be much different.
>
> I'm running testing/wheezy too. This is what I get:
>
> dom@oz:~$ aptitude show alsa-base
> Package: alsa-base
> State: installed
> Automatically installed: no
> Version: 1.0.25+2+nmu2
> Priority: optional
> Section: sound
> Maintainer: Debian ALSA Maintainers <pkg-alsa-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
> Architecture: all
> Uncompressed Size: 133 k
> Depends: kmod, procps, udev
> Recommends: alsa-utils
> Suggests: alsa-oss, oss-compat
> Breaks: linux-sound-base
> Provides: alsa
> Description: ALSA driver configuration files
>
> There's no dependency on linux-sound-base there.
,----
| lee@yun:~$ aptitude show alsa-base
| Paket: alsa-base
| Zustand: Installiert
| Automatisch installiert: nein
| Version: 1.0.23+dfsg-4
| Priorität: optional
| Bereich: sound
| Verwalter: Debian ALSA Maintainers <pkg-alsa-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
| Architektur: all
| Unkomprimierte Größe: 516 k
| Hängt ab von: module-init-tools (>= 3.2.1), linux-sound-base, udev
| Empfiehlt: alsa-utils
| Schlägt vor: apmd (>= 3.0.2-1), alsa-oss, oss-compat
| Liefert: alsa
| Beschreibung: ALSA-Treiber-Konfigurationsdateien
`----
So it depends on "module-init-tools (>= 3.2.1), linux-sound-base, udev".
> My sound seems to still be working too.
>
> Have you done an apt-get or aptitude update recently?
Yes, I did that yesterday ... and did it again now with the same
results. The linux-sound-base package recommends alsa-base.
Perhaps all this information refers to the packages that are currently
installed and not to the more recent ones.
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