alsa-lib 1.2.2 breaks Shovel Knight, 1.2.1.2 is still working.

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alsa-project/alsa-lib issue #27 was opened from DarkWav:

So, today after upgrading to alsa-lib 1.2.2 I noticed the game "Shovel Knight" does no longer launch.
Any Ideas why this could be happening?
Sadly steam or the game executable won't provide any usable debug info :( .

Issue URL     : https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-lib/issues/27
Repository URL: https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-lib