Subject: bug#47195: closed (Re: bug#47195: xboard: alsa-utils dependency)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Mon, 03 May 2021 16:47:01 +0000

Your bug report

#47195: xboard: alsa-utils dependency

which was filed against the guix package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#47195: xboard: alsa-utils dependency
From: Michael Rohleder <[email-masked]>
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Date: Mon, 03 May 2021 18:46:22 +0200
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Fixed with 55b6e1a7ada24221d7241c91ae1cca84fd22fcc9

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Subject: xboard: alsa-utils dependency
From: Christopher Howard <[email-masked]>
To: Guix Bug Reports <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2021 08:05:37 -0800
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xboard package needs to be explicitly dependent on alsa-utils, since it
uses the `aplay' utility to play sounds. I think this maybe wasn't
noticed before because alsa-utils used to be a common part of the
desktop environment.

christopher@nightshade ~$ guix describe
Generation 2	Feb 25 2021 21:06:30	(current)
  guix 6294299
    repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
    branch: master
    commit: 62942992831249d6d1c047c0a11c41d2ecccc4fc

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