Hello Kevin, On 10/24/07, Kevin Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recently upgraded to the new version of sox, but found it would no longer > play or record audio. > Some poking around led me to the realisation that the i/o libraries have been > relegated to separate packages libsox-fmt-*, which were not installed on > upgrade because they are not dependencies. They are not even suggested or > recommended in the main package.
Indeed, they are recommended in libsox0 but not in sox. > As I understand it, or at least as I use it, sox plays and records audio, but > it can't do this without any i/o libraries. I guess modularity is good, but > shouldn't a package "just work" once it's installed? Users need some way of > knowing that these additional packages are required for basic functionality > just by looking at the listing for the main package. The long description of sox recommends installing I/O librairies. That said, at the moment, recommends and suggests are in libsox0. Even tho sox depends on libsox0, this solution doesn't seem to be user-friendly. As a result, i'll upload 14.0.0-5 in which libsox0's recommends and suggests are copied for sox. Cheers, -Pascal -- Homepage (http://organact.mine.nu) Debian GNU/Linux (http://www.debian.org) LACIME: École de technologie supérieure (http://lacime.etsmtl.ca)
