Re: [proaudio] midi use flag and alsa-libs

[Dominique Michel <dominique.michel@xxxxxxxxx>]

Le Mon, 3 Aug 2009 09:27:07 -0500,
Matt Henley <nwmatt@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> Blog post about the change:
> 
> http://wonkabar.org/2009/08/02/alsa-cleanup-non-optional-midi-support-cleaner-confd/
> <http://wonkabar.org/2009/08/02/alsa-cleanup-non-optional-midi-support-cleaner-confd/>
> 

Thanks for the link.

> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Matt Henley <nwmatt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > I got into a discussion about this on #gentoo irc.  According to the person
> > I spoke with, the midi flag was removed as now midi is always built into
> > alsa-libs.  According to him, the fix for other packages (and should work
> > for pro-audio overlay) is to remove the check for the midi flag on
> > alsa-libs.  I modified the ebuilds on my system for ardour 2.999 and one
> > other one and they built without a problem, but I have not tested.

I guess the lash ebuild.
 
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 3:47 AM, Dominique Michel <
> > dominique.michel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Le Mon, 3 Aug 2009 10:36:17 +0200,
> >> Dominique Michel <dominique.michel@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> >>
> >> > Le Mon, 3 Aug 2009 10:12:27 +0200,
> >> > Dominique Michel <dominique.michel@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> >> >
> >> > > Le Sun, 2 Aug 2009 11:41:13 -0500,
> >> > > Matt Henley <nwmatt@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> >> > >
> >> > > > I tried to update my system yesterday and now emerge just returns
> >> errors.
> >> > > > After a bit of checking it appears that a large number of my
> >> packages
> >> > > > (including pro-audio overlay) depend on the midi use option in
> >> alsa-libs.
> >> > > > This was removed per the change log because of bug #272659.  Do you
> >> have
> >> > > > any suggestions on how I should get my system stable as I have a lot
> >> if
> >> > > > not most of the packages installed that require alsa-libs be
> >> installed
> >> > > > with the midi use flag?  Also, is the alsa midi functionality now
> >> part of
> >> > > > alsa without the flag or was that functionality removed?
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Thanks for any information.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Matt
> >> > >
> >> > > Hi Matt,
> >> > >
> >> > > Thanks for reporting. Try to update the overlay. I masked the just
> >> unmasked
> >> > > ALSA packages.
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > Fan, it doesn't work! Gentoo removed the alsa-*-1.0.20. To downgrade to
> >> > 1.0.19 will arm more.
> >>
> >> It will do nothing for this issue because they dropped the midi flag from
> >> all
> >> their alsa versions.
> >>
> >> > I unmasked them again.
> >> >
> >> > I have no solution for now beside to report all the broken packages to
> >> their
> >> > respective overlays.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > > According to the old gentoo packages.mask, it is an optional hack. I
> >> don't
> >> > > know what it mean, but the midi packages in gentoo are working in any
> >> cases.
> >> > >
> >> > > Cheers,
> >> > > Dominique
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
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