Bug 41326

Summary:	alsaplayer links against but doesn't DEPEND on libsnd
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	ferret <ferret-bgo>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) <eradicator>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	minor
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description ferret 2004-02-11 21:43:24 UTC

I recently broke alsaplayer after unmerging libsnd, despite carefully checking
that nothing depended upon it. It seems that alsaplayer will find and use libsnd
if it exists. Looking in the ebuild, libsnd isn't mentioned anywhere. Perhaps a
USE flag is in order?

Comment 1 ferret 2004-02-11 21:47:02 UTC

Why on earth did I assign this to media-video? Reassigning to the maintainer...

Comment 2 Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-05-04 23:40:58 UTC

what package installs 'libsnd'?

Comment 3 Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-05-15 00:29:13 UTC

there's no libsnd package, and the poster is unresponsive... so I can't fix it... and it looks fine to me...

Comment 4 John Gill 2005-04-18 08:59:52 UTC

I recently ran into a problem with alsaplayer concerning media-libs/libsndfile.

I could not emerge alsaplayer due to a compile error complaining about a
missing sndfile.h.  I tracked sndfile.h being owned by libsndfile, for
which there is an ebuild. I emerged libsndfile and had no further troubles
with alsaplayer. Although, the ebuild does not require libsndfile as a
dependency, it seems to be one. I tried without all relevant USE flags,
but alsaplayer still required sndfile.h. Furthermore, I tried all versions
of alsaplayer in portage, and they all seem to require libsndfile.

I thought maybe the original author of this bug meant libsndfile instead of
libsnd, hence the reason I am posting here instead of as a new bug.