GNU bug report logs - #14812
24.3; build failure on FreeBSD 9.1

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ulrich Mueller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>

Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 14:36:01 UTC

Severity: important

Found in version 24.3

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #73 received at 14812 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Andrew W. Nosenko" <andrew.w.nosenko <at> gmail.com>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Ashish SHUKLA <ashish.is <at> lostca.se>, 14812 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14812: 24.3; build failure on FreeBSD 9.1
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 14:55:21 +0300

On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> ashish.is <at> lostca.se (Ashish SHUKLA) writes:
>
>> Well, I tried sometime ago, and it didn't work for me. And there is no way in
>> Emacs, to specify OSS over ALSA, esp. when OSS works fine and native. I
>> decided to disable ALSA support. I never felt the need of it, nor anyone asked
>> for it.
>
> I'd expect that those who install alsa on their freebsd system know what
> they are doing.  Otherwise the configure check should do no harm.

Unfortunatelly, ALSA may be installed just as consequence/dependency
of some other port or package.  IIRC, some time ago Firefox had broken
OSS support (it just crashed) forcing to have ALSA installed as
unwanted consequence, just for example.

-- 
Andrew W. Nosenko <andrew.w.nosenko <at> gmail.com>
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