22.03.2016 11:24, Alexander E. Patrakov пиÑ?еÑ?: > [readding the list] > 22.03.2016 05:56, Ahmed S. Darwish пиÑ?еÑ?: >> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 10:01:14AM +0100, David Henningsson wrote: > >> Alexander mentioned the SteamOS case, where "they don't link >> statically, but have a 'known-good' copy of the library packaged >> and put into LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and it may be next to impossible to >> explain to the users how to upgrade it." > > It is about the standalone Steam client, not SteamOS... > >> >> I'm sure though that even if they have a 'known-good' copy, they >> keep the daemon version in-sync with the library version? I can't >> think of any sane reason not to do so.. > > So they don't. > >> Anyway, if that case is indeed problematic, maybe we can lobby >> them a bit to do a proper distribution of PA? If anyone has some >> contacts, I'll be glad to open a communication channel.. > > It is impossible. They connect to a distribution-provided daemon. So all > we could reasonably do is to ask them to rely on the system-installed > libpulse (including the 32-bit version). > > Also, I have performed some research on games available via gog.com or > in the past Humble Bundles that have a native Linux version. It seems > that games that bundle libpulse are rare there, if they exist there at > all (0 copies of libpulse found in 12 randomly chosen games), which is a > good news. Spoke too soon. The game "Baldurs Gate The Original Saga", available on gog.com, bundles wine and libpulse. -- Alexander E. Patrakov
