[Pkg-mpd-maintainers] Bug#982575: ncmpc: fails with "unknown tag type" when talking to older mpd servers

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

Package: ncmpc
Version: 0.43-1
Tags: patch
Severity: important
Control: forwarded -1 https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/ncmpc/issues/93

After upgrading to 0.43-1 on debian testing/unstable, ncmpc no longer
offers a useful connection to my mpd server, instead showing Unknown tag
type in red.

This makes ncmpc completely unusable for me, as I cannot reach the
playlist, the file browser, or even adjust the volume.

the server in question is running mpd version 0.21.5-3 (from debian stable)

Other mpd clients (like mpc version 0.33-1, and an Android mpd client)
continue to work fine with the same server.

Upstream offered the attached patch, which I've tested locally; it
resolves the problem for me.  It (or an even better fix) will probably
be part of 0.45 whenever upstream gets around to releasing that version.

Regards,

        --dkg

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