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

[Ákos Maróy]

yeah, it's a standoff: app developers refuse to link to the new shared
object name, as the ABI didn't change. the distro makers refuse to
maintain the old name. thus it's us, the users, how are left to do the
symlinking manually :(

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Title:
  /usr/lib/libopenal.so.0 missing from Intrepid

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.

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