[Pkg-games-ubuntu] [Bug 273558] Re: /usr/lib/libopenal.so.0 missing from Intrepid

[directhex]

The following exported symbols were removed between the final openal
package, and first openal-soft package:

alBombOnError_LOKI
alBufferAppendData
alBufferAppendData_LOKI
alBufferAppendWriteData_LOKI
alBufferDataWithCallback_LOKI
alBufferi_LOKI
alBufferWriteData_LOKI
alCaptureDestroy_EXT
alCaptureGetData_EXT
alCaptureInit_EXT
alCaptureStart_EXT
alCaptureStop_EXT
alcGetAudioChannel_LOKI
alcSetAudioChannel_LOKI
alGenStreamingBuffers_LOKI
alReverbDelay_LOKI
alReverbScale_LOKI
alutLoadMP3_LOKI
alutLoadVorbis_LOKI

Clearly, whilst X-Plane might not use these symbols, the old LOKI
Software games will - which is precisely why symlinking sonames is
wrong.

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/usr/lib/libopenal.so.0 missing from Intrepid
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Status in “openal-soft” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix

Bug description:
Binary package hint: libopenal1
Version: 1:1.3.253-4ubuntu1

The libopenal1 binary package in Intrepid replaces the old libopenal0a binary package from Hardy, Gutsy etc. libopenal0a created /usr/lib/libopenal.so.0, but the new libopenal1 package does not (it creates /usr/lib/libopenal.so.1 instead).

This breaks some third-party binaries, eg X-Plane (http://www.x-plane.com/).

Suggested fix:
The libopenal1 binary package should create a symbolic link from /usr/lib/libopenal.so.0 to /usr/lib/libopenal.so.1

Alternative fix:
Retain the old libopenal0a binary package in Intrepid, in addition to the new libopenal1 binary package. And change the libopenal1 package so that it does not replace libopenal0 or libopenal0a.