Subject: Re: pkg/30920: audio/mpg321 is missing a dependency on audio/libao-oss
To: None <rxg@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org, pkgsrc-bugs@netbsd.org>
From: Chuck Cranor <chuck@ece.cmu.edu>
List: pkgsrc-bugs
Date: 08/12/2005 16:35:04
The following reply was made to PR pkg/30920; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Chuck Cranor <chuck@ece.cmu.edu>
To: Thomas Klausner <wiz@NetBSD.org>
Cc: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Subject: Re: pkg/30920: audio/mpg321 is missing a dependency on audio/libao-oss
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 12:34:42 -0400
>
> On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 02:28:00PM +0000, Chuck Cranor wrote:
> > add dependency on audio/libao-oss
>
> No -- on NetBSD, you should better install audio/libao-sun.
> Since it depends on the platform which you want and you even
> have the choice on some platforms, the packages are not installed
> automatically.
>
> I thought libao had a MESSAGE about this, but it seems it doesn't :(
hi-
so the high-level issue that concerns me is that we used to
have an 'auto/mpg321' package that worked fine out of the box,
and now mpg321 no longer works out of the box.
speaking as a user, all i care about is the mpg321 application
working when i install it... I don't care about libao or what options
it installs, as long as my appliations work by default i am happy.
even if there was a MESSAGE (that would scroll unread off my
screen), the current config asks us lazy pkgsrc users to think too
much rather than providing a reasonable default working mpg321
application.
chuck