source pkg libflashsupport must build-depend on libpulse-dev >= 0.9.7

[Shriramana Sharma]

Binary package hint: libflashsupport

I tried to backport libflashsupport to Gutsy by downloading and dpkg-buildpackage-ing the sources from Hardy at http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/source/libflashsupport. I got the following error.

checking for PULSE... configure: error: Package requirements ( libpulse >= 0.9.7 ) were not met:
Requested 'libpulse >= 0.9.7' but version of libpulse is 0.9.6
Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.
Alternatively, you may set the environment variables PULSE_CFLAGS
and PULSE_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.
make: *** [config.status] Error 1

The version of libpulse on Gutsy is 0.9.6. Therefore I was not able to compile. But as is seen from the source package webpage, it only build-depends on libpulse-dev without a specific version. To ensure correct build, the version >= 0.9.7 as required by the configure script must be specified in the build-depends field.

Once I backported libpulse-dev 0.9.8 from Hardy to Gutsy I was able to use it to backport libflashsupport. So please add the version >= 0.9.7 to libpulse-dev in the build-depends field.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

libflashsupport is obsolete now that alsa-plugins and Flash both work properly (and can be backported from jaunty).