Package: libmikmod2
Version: 3.1.11-a-6
Severity: normal
libmikmod2 seems to require an OSS-compatible /dev/dsp to work. However,
starting
with Linux 2.6 (hence, starting with etch), both libasound2 and /dev/dsp
interfaces [1] are provided, and applications are no longer allowed to assume
a standard /dev/dsp is present.
This situation makes this package become broken for most users (i.e. those who
will install etch, or upgrade from sarge/linux2.4 and no longer have a working
/dev/dsp). I believe libmikmod2 should try to avoid this by enabling OSS
compatibility modules.
Fortunately, you don't need to worry about the details of binding OSS compat
modules to ALSA ones so that they're loaded when and only when ALSA drivers
are in use. The "oss-compat" package has been created with this purpose. You
can add a dependency on "oss-compat" to handle the compatibility for you.
[1] Not directly related to ALSA and OSS driver implementations. Whereas
libasound2 is ALSA-specific, /dev/dsp can be provided by both.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-amd64-k8
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL
set to en_US.UTF-8)
Versions of packages libmikmod2 depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
libmikmod2 recommends no packages.
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