Subject: Re: audio/libmikmod AMD64 issue.
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Richard Rauch <rkr@olib.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 09/21/2004 03:47:25
On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 10:45:04AM +0200, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 10:06:22PM -0500, Richard Rauch wrote:
> > It seems that libmikmod in pkgsrc is stuck at 1.2.10, but there's a
> > 1.2.11a (patch to 1.2.11).  The recent patch, from June 3:
> > 
> >  [...]
> >  * libmikmod playback now works correcly on amd64 (type size problem)
> >  [...]
> > 
> > (See the package web page.)
> > 
> > 
> > This affects, e.g., XMMS, which crashes for me on the AMD64, I think.
> > XMMS gets segfaults some ways into playing an MP3 file.  XMMS seems to
> > use libmikmod for MP3 files.
> 
> I don't think it does; it is for mod (tracker) files, and the web
> page claims:

I didn't see that part of the page.  Sorry.

I looked at the pkgsrc dependencies XMMS had and, I confess, took
a guess at which one gave MP3 support---coupled with the crashes
I saw and the bugglet referred to on the libmikmod page.  (^&


 [...]
> I updated the libmikmod package.

Thanks.  I'll see if by some chance that cures my problems
with XMMS anyway.


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