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FS#18526 - [mplayer] lirc-utils is unneeded dependency

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Primož Papič (Primoz) - Tuesday, 02 March 2010, 12:26 GMT
Last edited by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Wednesday, 03 March 2010, 11:35 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Ionut Biru (wonder)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
lirc-utils was removed from vlc dependencies, but not from mplayer dependencies. And If I remove it with pacman -Rd, mplayer doesn't work anymore.
It gives this error: mplayer: error while loading shared libraries: liblirc_client.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
But if I use ABS and edit compiling like this: --disable-lirc \
It works without lirc.
Only thing I'm not sure is, what would happen if someone would like to use infrared controler. I fear it wouldn't work (as lirc wouldn't be compiled as part of mplayer), but how many of Archers have a infrared controler to control mplayer?


Additional info:
* package version(s): mplayer: 30526-1
* config and/or log files etc.:
In PKGBUILD under ./configure --prefix=/usr \
add --disable-lirc


Steps to reproduce:
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Closed by  Ionut Biru (wonder)
Wednesday, 03 March 2010, 11:35 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Tuesday, 02 March 2010, 13:22 GMT
so lirc-utils is needed if mplayer is compiled with lirc support. the reason that in vlc we could move it to optdepends is because they have plugins and only the plugin linked to lirc library and compared to mplayer which is linking straight to mplayer binary.
Comment by Allan McRae (Allan) - Tuesday, 02 March 2010, 14:22 GMT
I'd say this is a won't fix.
Comment by Primož Papič (Primoz) - Tuesday, 02 March 2010, 14:31 GMT
I see.
I could use ABS to build mplayer without lirc support, but the same goes for those that would need it, if the change would be made...

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