[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#591481: Bug#591481: Bug#591481: libasound2-dev: /usr/include/alsa/global.h:137: error: redefinition of ???struct timeval???

[John Simpson]

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Elimar Riesebieter <riesebie at lxtec.de> wrote:
> * John Lindgren [100803 09:22 -0400]:
>> Package: libasound2-dev
>> Version: 1.0.23-1
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> With -std=c99 and -D_BSD_SOURCE, there is a conflict between time.h and
>> alsa/global.h.
>>
>> #include <time.h>
>> #include <alsa/asoundlib.h>
>>
>> $ gcc -c -std=c99 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wall test.c
>> In file included from /usr/include/alsa/asoundlib.h:44,
>>                  from test.c:2:
>> /usr/include/alsa/global.h:137: error: redefinition of ???struct timeval???
>> /usr/include/alsa/global.h:142: error: redefinition of ???struct timespec???
>
> So what do you expect Debian Alsa maintainers can do at this point?
>
> Elimar
>
> --
>  Do you smell something burning or ist it me?
>

What is it exactly that the "Debian Alsa maintainers" do?
Where should Debian Alsa bugs be reported?
If a developer trying to use the Debian Alsa Package should not
discuss bugs on the pkg-alsa-dev mailing list, where should that
developer discuss them?

I am sure I missed something somewhere.