Re: symlinks

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Jan Stary <hans@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Aug 11 15:25:36, mans@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> Jan Stary <hans@xxxxxxxx> writes:
>> 
>> > I am confused by the following commit:
>> >
>> > commit fc20c26b2500acb6690f03d610d406bffb8944a9
>> > Author: Mans Rullgard <mans@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > Date:   Mon Aug 10 21:38:11 2020 +0100
>> >
>> >     build: fix symlink selection
>> >
>> >     The configure test whether to enable the play/rec links is broken,
>> >     and the makefile uses the same condition for both play/rec and soxi.
>> >     Fix both problems.
>> >
>> > diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
>> > index 9f55b5f8..12af65b0 100644
>> > --- a/configure.ac
>> > +++ b/configure.ac
>> > @@ -647,13 +647,13 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT($enable_symlinks)
>> >  enable_playrec_symlinks=no
>> >  if test "$enable_symlinks" = "yes"; then
>> >    SYMLINKS=yes
>> > -  if test false \
>> > -      -o "$enable_alsa" = yes \
>> > -      -o "$enable_ao" = yes \
>> > -      -o "$enable_coreaudio" = yes \
>> > -      -o "$enable_oss" = yes \
>> > -      -o "$enable_pulseaudio" = yes \
>> > -      -o "$enable_sndio" = yes \
>> > +  if test "" \
>> > +      -o "$using_alsa" = yes \
>> > +      -o "$using_ao" = yes \
>> > +      -o "$using_coreaudio" = yes \
>> > +      -o "$using_oss" = yes \
>> > +      -o "$using_pulseaudio" = yes \
>> > +      -o "$using_sndio" = yes \
>> >      ; then
>> >      PLAYRECLINKS=yes
>> >      enable_playrec_symlinks=yes
>> >
>> > How is using alsa/oss/sndio/whatever
>> > related to creating symlinks (or not)?
>> >
>> > Why do we have both SYMLINKS and PLAYRECLINKS?
>> > Why is this different for play/rec vs soxi (also below)?
>> >
>> > Naively, I would assume we want to create symlinks
>> > for each of play, rec, soxi, or none of them.
>> 
>> There is no point in creating play/rec symlinks
>> when no audio devices are supported since they can't work then.
>
> The current build system seems to omit sunaudio and waveaudio
> from the list above, but with the rationale you describe,
> they should be there too, right? Or is this intended?

Sorry, I missed that.

> Anyway, the manpages still get symlinked even if play/rec don't,
> e.g. when all the drivers ar explicitly disabled. Is that intended?

I missed that too.  The whole thing is a mess.

-- 
Måns Rullgård


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