[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#448116: alsa-base: Recommends on alsa-utils is too strict and led to its removal...

[Raphael Hertzog]

Package: alsa-base
Version: 1.0.15-1
Severity: important

Hello,

with today's dist-upgrade I noticed that it removed "alsa-utils". I found
this odd so I decided to investigate why it got removed. It turns out that
aptitude removed it because "it was no more needed".

In effect, right now alsa-utils is available at version 1.0.14-2 and alsa-base
got just upgraded to 1.0.15-1. But alsa-base has this Recommends field:
Recommends: alsa-utils (>= 1.0.15-1)

So the recommends doesn't apply to the package currently installed and
aptitude thinks nobody needs the current alsa-utils so it gets removed.

Please replace that versioned Recommends with a non-versioned one. The
version doesn't enforce anything as Recommends is an optional dependency
and just creates problems like this one. 

So to sum up, I suggest to use:
Recommends: alsa-utils

Submitting as important since this lead to the loss of the startup
configuration...

-- Package-specific info:
--- Begin additional package status ---
Souhait=inconnU/Installé/suppRimé/Purgé/H=à garder
| État=Non/Installé/fichier-Config/dépaqUeté/échec-conFig/H=semi-installé
|/ Err?=(aucune)/H=à garder/besoin Réinstallation/X=les deux (État,Err: majuscule=mauvais)
||/ Nom               Version           Description
+++-=================-=================-==================================================
ii  libasound2        1.0.14a-2         ALSA library
--- End additional package status ---
--- Begin /proc/asound/version ---
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.14 (Thu May 31 09:03:25 2007 UTC).
--- End /proc/asound/version ---
--- Begin /proc/asound/cards ---
 0 [ICH6           ]: ICH4 - Intel ICH6
                      Intel ICH6 with STAC9750,51 at irq 16
 1 [Modem          ]: ICH-MODEM - Intel ICH6 Modem
                      Intel ICH6 Modem at irq 18
--- End /proc/asound/cards ---
--- Begin /dev/snd/ listing ---
total 0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  0 2007-09-11 14:55 controlC0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 32 2007-09-11 14:55 controlC1
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 24 2007-09-11 14:55 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 16 2007-09-11 14:55 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 25 2007-09-11 14:55 pcmC0D1c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 26 2007-09-11 14:55 pcmC0D2c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 27 2007-09-11 14:55 pcmC0D3c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 20 2007-09-11 14:55 pcmC0D4p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 56 2007-09-11 14:55 pcmC1D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 48 2007-09-11 14:55 pcmC1D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  1 2007-09-11 14:55 seq
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 2007-09-11 14:55 timer
--- End /dev/snd/ listing ---

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages alsa-base depends on:
ii  linux-sound-base           1.0.15-1      base package for ALSA and OSS soun
ii  lsof                       4.78.dfsg.1-3 List open files
ii  module-init-tools          3.3-pre11-4   tools for managing Linux kernel mo

Versions of packages alsa-base recommends:
pn  alsa-utils                    <none>     (no description available)

Versions of packages libasound2 depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.6.1-6    GNU C Library: Shared libraries

-- no debconf information