Your message dated Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:07:08 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#544990: mplayer: Mplayer depends on dummy package
libsdl1.2debian
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regarding mplayer: Mplayer depends on dummy package libsdl1.2debian
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Package: mplayer
Version: 1.0~rc3+svn20090405-1
Severity: normal
Hi,
your package actually depends on the dummy package libsdl1.2debian. Please
link with one of the other packages provided by the source package:
- libsdl1.2debian-alsa
- libsdl1.2debian-all
- libsdl1.2debian-esd
- libsdl1.2debian-arts
- libsdl1.2debian-oss
- libsdl1.2debian-nas
- libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio
Thanks,
Hilmar
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL
set to en_GB.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages mplayer depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0 1.5.27 Debian configuration management sy
ii libasound2 1.0.20-4 shared library for ALSA applicatio
ii libatk1.0-0 1.26.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libaudio2 1.9.2-3 Network Audio System - shared libr
ii libavcodec52 4:0.5+svn20090706-2 ffmpeg codec library
ii libavformat52 4:0.5+svn20090706-2 ffmpeg file format library
ii libavutil49 4:0.5+svn20090706-2 ffmpeg utility library
ii libc6 2.9-26 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcaca0 0.99.beta16-2 colour ASCII art library
ii libcairo2 1.8.8-2 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libcdparanoia0 3.10.2+debian-8 audio extraction tool for sampling
ii libdirectfb-1.2-0 1.2.8-4 direct frame buffer graphics - sha
ii libesd0 0.2.41-5 Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared
ii libfontconfig1 2.6.0-4 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.3.9-5 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libfribidi0 0.10.9-1 Free Implementation of the Unicode
ii libgcc1 1:4.4.1-3 GCC support library
ii libgif4 4.1.6-8 library for GIF images (library)
ii libgl1-mesa-glx [lib 7.5-3 A free implementation of the OpenG
ii libglib2.0-0 2.20.5-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.16.6-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libjack0 0.116.2+svn3592-2 JACK Audio Connection Kit (librari
ii libjpeg62 6b-15 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii liblircclient0 0.8.3-5 infra-red remote control support -
ii liblzo2-2 2.03-1 data compression library
ii libncurses5 5.7+20090803-2 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libogg0 1.1.4~dfsg-1 Ogg bitstream library
ii libopenal1 1:1.8.466-3 Software implementation of the Ope
ii libpango1.0-0 1.24.5-1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpng12-0 1.2.39-1 PNG library - runtime
ii libpostproc51 4:0.5+svn20090706-2 ffmpeg video postprocessing librar
ii libpulse0 0.9.15-4.1 PulseAudio client libraries
ii libsdl1.2debian 1.2.13-4+b1 Simple DirectMedia Layer
ii libsmbclient 2:3.4.0-3 shared library for communication w
ii libspeex1 1.2~rc1-1 The Speex codec runtime library
ii libstdc++6 4.4.1-3 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libsvga1 1:1.4.3-27 console SVGA display libraries
ii libswscale0 4:0.5+svn20090706-2 ffmpeg video scaling library
ii libtheora0 1.0-2.1 The Theora Video Compression Codec
ii libx11-6 2:1.2.2-1 X11 client-side library
ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii libxt6 1:1.0.6-1 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii libxv1 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Video extension library
ii libxvmc1 1:1.0.4-2 X11 Video extension library
ii libxxf86dga1 2:1.0.2-1 X11 Direct Graphics Access extensi
ii libxxf86vm1 1:1.0.2-1 X11 XFree86 video mode extension l
ii mplayer-skin-blue [m 1.6-2 blue skin for mplayer
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15 compression library - runtime
mplayer recommends no packages.
Versions of packages mplayer suggests:
ii bzip2 1.0.5-3 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii fontconfig 2.6.0-4 generic font configuration library
pn mplayer-doc <none> (no description available)
pn netselect | fping <none> (no description available)
pn ttf-freefont <none> (no description available)
-- debconf information:
mplayer/voutput: autodetect
mplayer/ttfont: Sans
mplayer/cfgnote:
mplayer/replace-existing-files-bail:
mplayer/replace-existing-files: false
mplayer/no-ttfont:
mplayer/install_codecs:
mplayer/dvd_device: /dev/cdrom
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--- Begin Message ---
hi,
what is the purpose of 'libsdl1.2debian' ? answer:
any other packages (such as mplayer) that uses SDL
declares a dependency on 'libsdl1.2debian',
instead of listing a complete list of subdependencies;
the good point is that, if SDL changes its list of audio plugins,
there is no reason to recompile lots of other packages
just to add that specific plugin to the list of dependencies.
Usually the above behaviour is obtained by
using a virtual package, but in the case
of SDL they used a dummy package.
Look at this:
# apt-cache rdepends libsdl1.2debian | sort -u | wc -l
333
#apt-cache rdepends libsdl1.2debian-oss
libsdl1.2debian-oss
Reverse Depends:
libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio
libsdl1.2debian-nas
libsdl1.2debian-esd
libsdl1.2debian-arts
libsdl1.2debian-alsa
libsdl1.2debian-all
|libsdl1.2debian
As you see all packages that use SDL depend on 'libsdl1.2debian'
whereas no one depends on the audio plugins.
I did the above in a Debian/Lenny install;
and I did not hear of any change for Squeeze.
I see no reason why mplayer should be the only package
in 332 packages to link to plugins, as you ask.
a.
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