Bugzilla Bug 233602

Build died with:
checking for ALSA... configure: error: Package requirements (alsa >= 1.0) were
not met:

No package 'alsa' found

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables ALSA_CFLAGS
and ALSA_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.

System in question is a server and I don't have any sound hardware and I don't
have alsa USE flag enabled.

depgraph of why the package is getting pulled in:
[nomerge      ] gnome-base/gnome-2.22.2 [2.20.3] USE="-accessibility -cdr -cups
-dvdr -esd -ldap -mono"
[ebuild     U ]  x11-libs/vte-0.16.14 [0.16.13] USE="-debug -doc opengl python"
0 kB
[ebuild     U ]  gnome-base/gnome-menus-2.22.2 [2.20.3] USE="-debug python" 0
kB
[ebuild     U ]   dev-python/pygtk-2.12.1-r2 [2.12.0] USE="X%* -doc -examples
(-opengl%*)" 0 kB
[ebuild     U ]  gnome-extra/gcalctool-5.22.3 [5.20.2] USE="-debug" 0 kB
[ebuild  N    ]  gnome-extra/swfdec-gnome-2.22.2  USE="-debug" 0 kB
[ebuild  N    ]   media-libs/swfdec-0.6.6-r1  USE="-alsa -doc -ffmpeg
-gstreamer gtk -oss -pulseaudio" 0 kB


Reproducible: Always



Expected Results:  
Expected it to not complain about alsa when -alsa is in use for the package.

Can the package be built without any sound support whatsoever?

(In reply to comment #0)
[...]
> Can the package be built without any sound support whatsoever?

Yes it can. There is a --with-audio=none option that should, in a sense, be the
default for the myconf variable. I'll get to this as soon as my internet
connection gets fixed. If anyone else feels like beating me to it, you're
welcome ... :D

Created an attachment (id=162402) [edit]
Patch to ebuild to fix audio=none issue, and pa/alsa/oss order issues

(In reply to comment #1)
> Yes it can. There is a --with-audio=none option that should, in a sense, be the
> default for the myconf variable. I'll get to this as soon as my internet
> connection gets fixed. If anyone else feels like beating me to it, you're
> welcome ... :D
> 

Hah! I beat you to it! You suck! (among other things) ;p

Contributions to the attached ebuild patch came from: Cardoe, Ford_Prefect,
leio, and a few other guys on #-desktop :p

Thanks for the patch - fixed in CVS without bump (0.6.8 and 0.7.4 to make
future bumps easier).

Thanks guys, I was able to merge media-libs/swfdec-0.6.8 this morning.  I kept
trying the old one and missed the fact that you said 0.6.8 :)