[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#686049: Bug#686049: alsa-base 1.0.25+2+nmu2 breaks linux-sound-base 1.0.23+dfsg-4

[Kitty PC]

Hi Elimar,

Thanks for your reply I went ahead and tried to purge linux-sound-base
but alsa-base depends on it.

$ sudo aptitude purge linux-sound-base -syV
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  linux-sound-base{p} [1.0.23+dfsg-4]
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 131 kB will be freed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 alsa-base : Depends: linux-sound-base but it is not going to be installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

      Remove the following packages:
1)      alsa-base

      Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
14)     alsa-utils recommends alsa-base (>= 1.0.15)
15)     gstreamer0.10-alsa recommends alsa-base (>= 0.9.0)

Removing alsa-base seems bad as I want sound.
Kitty.

On 29 August 2012 07:06, Elimar Riesebieter <riesebie at lxtec.de> wrote:
> * Kitty <kittyinapc at gmail.com> [2012-08-28 13:00 +1000]:
>
>> Package: alsa-base
>> Version: 1.0.23+dfsg-4
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> Hi,
>> When trying to do updates today I got this message:
>>
>> The following packages will be upgraded:
>>   alsa-base{b} [1.0.23+dfsg-4 -> 1.0.25+2+nmu2]
>> 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
>> Need to get 60.3 kB of archives. After unpacking 383 kB will be freed.
>> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>>  alsa-base : Breaks: linux-sound-base but 1.0.23+dfsg-4 is installed.
>>
>> I put alsa-base on hold for now, thanks for your time.
>> Kitty.
>
> Linux-sound-base was droped since 1.0.25 as OSS isn't supported
> anymore. Try as follows:
>
> # apt-get remove --purge linux-sound-base
> # apt get upgrade
>
> Elimar
>
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