[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#1133171: pipewire 1.6.3-1 cannot load external plugin

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Hi Dylan,

On Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:34:50 +0200 =?UTF-8?Q?Dylan_A=C3=AFssi?= <
daissi at debian.org> wrote:
> I have just uploaded pipewire 1.6.4-1 to deb/unstable, this version
> fixes an issue relating to the loading of LADSPA plugins.
> Once it’s available, could you try it out to see if it solves your
problem?

I've tested pipewire 1.6.4-1, and the issue still persists.

I also reviewed the 1.6.4 changelog, and it seems that the fixes related to
LADSPA plugin loading do not address this specific problem.

As mentioned earlier, the behavior still appears tied to the restriction
introduced in 1.6.3 regarding loading plugins from absolute paths outside
the search path. Plugins located in a user directory (e.g. ~/.ladspa) are
still not picked up, while moving them to /usr/lib/ladspa/ works as
expected.

Since this behavior is intentional, it shouldn't be considered a bug. That
said, if you think it would make sense to allow this use case by including
a user plugin directory (e.g. ~/.ladspa or ~/.local/lib/ladspa) in the
search path, I'd be happy to test it. However, I would stick with the
upstream behavior, I shouldn't have opened this report in the first place,
and it should be closed as wontfix/invalid.

Thanks and best regards.
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