bug#47195: xboard: alsa-utils dependency

2021-05-03 Thread Michael Rohleder
Fixed with 55b6e1a7ada24221d7241c91ae1cca84fd22fcc9 -- The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature. - Robert Louis Stevenson, On some technical Elements of

bug#47195: xboard: alsa-utils dependency

2021-05-02 Thread Michael Rohleder
Hello Christopher, Thank you reporting this! This patch should fix this: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/48158 I'm not sure if we should also patch paths to other programs like engines (gnuchess, fruit, crafty) and polyglot though. (Only gnuchess is packaged currently). -- You can no more win a

bug#47195: xboard: alsa-utils dependency

2021-03-16 Thread Christopher Howard
xboard package needs to be explicitly dependent on alsa-utils, since it uses the `aplay' utility to play sounds. I think this maybe wasn't noticed before because alsa-utils used to be a common part of the desktop environment. christopher@nightshade ~$ guix describe Generation 2Feb 25 2021