Bug#756066: [libopenal1] Unable to install amd64 next to i386 library

[bret curtis]

Please do, Scott has been busy lately so I've (and OpenAL-Soft) have
been in purgatory for a few days now.

Thank you for helping out!

Cheers,
Bret

On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Simon McVittie <smcv at debian.org> wrote:
> severity 756066 serious
> found 756066 openal-soft/1:1.15.1-2
> notfound 756066 openal-soft/1:1.14-5
> # fixed in pkg-games git
> tags 756066 patch pending
> thanks
>
> On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 at 10:48:39 +0100, Simon McVittie wrote:
>> On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 at 22:21:13 +0100, Franz Schrober wrote:
>> > The newest upload of libopenal1 adds the dependency
>> > libroar-compat2. This library conflicts with itself which makes it
>> > impossible to use the i386 version next to the amd64 version.
>
> (... which makes it impossible to co-install wine:i386 with anything
> for amd64 that uses OpenAL.)
>
> I'm bumping this up to serious so the new OpenAL won't migrate until
> this has been resolved.
>
> OpenAL maintainers, please overrule me and downgrade this if you
> don't think it's release-critical (it's your decision); but I think it
> ought to be considered RC, because both Wine and OpenAL games are rather
> popular.
>
>> My suggestion on that bug was to switch the "sndio" (really roaraudio)
>> backend back to the way it had worked in 1.14 (it used dlopen), or to
>> drop "sndio" support until roaraudio and its dependencies are multiarch.
>> After doing either of those, the severity of #755846 can be dropped.
>
> Bret, I notice you normally upload this package via a sponsor, and you've
> applied the second solution (drop roaraudio support) in pkg-games git.
> I am a DD in the Games Team, and would be happy to sponsor an upload
> if your usual sponsor is unavailable - let me know.
>
>     S
>
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