Re: pkg/33254 (default install of libao results in no audio output on NetBSD)

[Havard Eidnes <he%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

> Try the libao-sun and libao-oss packages.

Why should I have to?

Perhaps I should have stated it more clearly: the user-level problem
is that gqmpeg doesn't appear to be able to play any Ogg Vorbis
encoded files on NetBSD.  If gqmpeg is started from an xterm (not
always the case), it spits out "ogg123 vanished" or something to that
effect when it's pointed to an ogg file.  ogg123 on its part lists
"null" as the only supported real-time output device.  The reason
appears to be that libao is misconfigured.

I cannot totally rule out that this isn't a problem with my local
installation, but it appears to me that a binary package install of
gqmpeg, or for that matter, a default install of gqmpeg (which will
pull in vorbis-tools and libao), will, on NetBSD, result in a gqmpeg
which isn't able to play ogg files.  I think this is broken, and that
it needs fixing, without telling every user that "well, the default
selection is broken, go and build this one from source yourself".

vorbis-tools/Makefile does

.include "../../audio/libao/buildlink3.mk"

so this one will be picked by default.  In that file I see some
attempts at selecting "default plugin" based on which OS this is
compiled for, but none of it appears to have any effect.

I think this is broken, and that this needs to be fixed, not
dismissed.

Regards,

- Håvard