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<H1>[Mageia-discuss] Package management system</H1>
<B>Ahmad Samir</B>
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<I>Wed Sep 29 21:45:17 CEST 2010</I>
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<PRE>On 29 September 2010 22:40, Richard <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">richard.j.walker at ntlworld.com</A>> wrote:
><i> On Wednesday 29 September 2010 19:39:51 Ahmad Samir wrote:
</I>>><i> Which apps? if you rpm -e --nodeps a lib package, it's logical that an
</I>>><i> binary that has a dep on that package will not work as it'll won't
</I>>><i> find it at startup, even if it's not going to really use it (mplayer
</I>>><i> example applies here too).
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</I>><i> Well, Ahmad, I don't go looking for problem apps, but I surely know when I
</I>><i> have found one. Foobillard is a wonderful snooker/billiards/pool game. Just
</I>><i> like the real thing it is also a great way to waste a few hours in the
</I>><i> evening. With the 2010.1 package it is now possible to do this in complete
</I>><i> silence. Sorry, not "possible" because it is now inevitable on a PC which is
</I>><i> not using Pulse.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> It took me a couple of months of exploring and testing before I stumbled on
</I>><i> thge cause of the problem. The 2010.1 package (not the 2010.0 one; it
</I>><i> performs in glorious stereocolour) has been "enhanced" by the packager in a
</I>><i> way which introduces a Pulse dependency. When I found the offending script I
</I>><i> realised it could be fixed by deleting all but the last line. Now foobillard
</I>><i> shouts out loud and clear in pure Alsa. Whoopee. Tokk a long time to sort out
</I>><i> though, and I didn't get the clue until I had deleted  all traces of Pulse.
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</I>><i> I'm not smart enough to do it any other way. As long as I know I have no trace
</I>><i> of pulse on the machine I can better focus on getting stuff to work. Unlike
</I>><i> you, I cannot KNOW that disabling Pulse is enough. I can only BELIEVE it, and
</I>><i> I don't have enough faith for that yet.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Richard
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Well, I think you should have also filed a bug report about that package...
(I am going off-topic, sorry about that).
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Ahmad Samir
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