Bug#774810: pulseaudio-utils: pactl can no longer change volume: Assertion 'vol_spec' failed at utils/pactl.c:1462

[Jameson Graef Rollins]

Package: pulseaudio-utils
Version: 5.99.2-2
Severity: normal

pactl is no longer able to change/set volumes:

servo:~ 0$ pactl list short sinks
0	alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo	module-alsa-card.c	s16le 2ch 48000Hz	RUNNING
servo:~ 0$ pactl -- set-sink-volume 0 +2dB
Assertion 'vol_spec' failed at utils/pactl.c:1462, function parse_volume(). Aborting.
Aborted
servo:~ 134$

Thanks.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages pulseaudio-utils depends on:
ii  libc6        2.19-13
ii  libcap2      1:2.24-6
ii  libice6      2:1.0.9-1+b1
ii  libpulse0    5.99.2-2
ii  libpulsedsp  5.99.2-2
ii  libsm6       2:1.2.2-1+b1
ii  libsndfile1  1.0.25-9+b1
ii  libx11-6     2:1.6.2-3
ii  libx11-xcb1  2:1.6.2-3
ii  libxcb1      1.10-3+b1
ii  libxtst6     2:1.2.2-1+b1

pulseaudio-utils recommends no packages.

Versions of packages pulseaudio-utils suggests:
ii  avahi-daemon  0.6.31-4+b2
ii  pulseaudio    5.99.2-2

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