Bug#400033: libopenal0a_0.0.8-1_i386.deb doesn't create /etc/openalrc

[Steve Langasek]

On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 06:40:02PM +0100, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> > In general, it's a bad idea for library packages to provide config files. If
> > this is an issue of incorrect defaults in the library, it should set
> > reasonable compiled-in defaults.  If the problem is really that the
> > compiled-in defaults don't work for these particular apps, then it should
> > probably be the responsibility of those applications to override those
> > defaults (with a config file or otherwise).

> The next upstream version will default to alsa, AFAIUI. I will make the
> next upstream version remove the config file, if unmodified.

How can there be an unmodified config file, if today there's no config file
at all?

> > I'm quite certain in any case that the last time I tested chromium, I had no
> > sound problems; and I've just tested scorched3d as well, and it doesn't
> > crash at all for me, it runs just fine.  Are you using something other than
> > the default sound driver on your system?  Perhaps the crash only happens
> > under arts or something?

> Scorched3d crashes at least on amd64 with having 'bird sound' on
> somewhere in openal. Reported as #382060

I tested scorched3d on amd64, and It Worked For Me.

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