ubuntu-restricted-extras installs stripped ffmpeg libraries

[Doug McMahon]

Binary package hint: ubuntu-restricted-extras

The recommends for ubuntu-restricted-extras include the 'stripped' versions of the ffmpeg libs.

"libavcodec52, libavformat52, libpostproc51, libswscale0"

If the 'extra' versions of these files are installed prior to installing the restricted-extras' package then they are removed, along with anything depending on them ( devede is an ex.

While there is nothing preventing one from re-installing the 'extra' libs this is confusing to many users and is quite the opposite of what they expected to achieve.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Oct 27 23:36:10 2009
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: ubuntu-restricted-extras 36
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: ubuntu-restricted-extras
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

[Doug McMahon (mc3man)]

Well, if this isn't going to be changed in karmic then how about not having it happen in lucid where the package is currently the same.

Or an explanation as to why it shouldn't or doesn't matter

[Jonathan Davies (jpds)]

Already done in Karmic (http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/multiverse/u/ubuntu-restricted-extras/ubuntu-restricted-extras_36/changelog ):

ubuntu-restricted-extras (36) karmic; urgency=low

  * Replace all references to ffmpeg unstripped libs to standard ones, as
    the unstripped ones have been dropped/renamed from the ffmpeg package.
  * Those changes were discussed with Reinhard Tartler, who packages ffmpeg.

 -- Anthony Mercatante <email hidden> Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:39:02 +0200

[Jonathan Davies (jpds)]

What actually changed in the package as reported by Launchpad:

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30852791/ubuntu-restricted-extras_35_36.diff.gz

[Doug McMahon (mc3man)]

'status: Confirmed → Fix Released "
Whatever.... affects me not in the least, though this is confusing users ans causing some issue

Dropping the unstripped is fine, they don't exist in karmic except as 'transitional'.

 Why aren't the recommends for the "extra" versions, (formerly known as "unstripped")

[Doug McMahon (mc3man)]

So maybe we're not talking apples and oranges here, this is what I believe the config. should be.
Ex. the ubuntu-restricted-extras-i386 file in source (recommends

gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse
ttf-mscorefonts-installer
adobe-flashplugin | flashplugin-installer
unrar
gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse
gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg
libavcodec-extra-52
libavformat-extra-52
libpostproc-extra-51
libswscale-extra-0
gstreamer0.10-pitfdll
libmp4v2-0

[llogan (loul)]

Jonathan,

You're explanation of a fix is exactly the undesired behavior that Doug has reported as a bug. We are simply asking that ubuntu-restricted-extras change the following current recommends from:

libavcodec52
libavformat52
libpostproc51
libswscale0

to:

libavcodec-extra-52
libavformat-extra-52
libpostproc-extra-51
libswscale-extra-0

I believe the recommendation of the "extra" packages to be the expected behavior--similar to Jaunty.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-restricted-extras - 38

---------------
ubuntu-restricted-extras (38) lucid; urgency=low

  * Depend on libavcodec-extra-52. There must have been some
    miscommunication between Anthony and me. (LP: #462366)
  * Drop other binary packages than libavcodec-extra-52 that are produced
    by the 'ffmpeg' package. They are being installed implicitly via
    dependencies.
 -- Reinhard Tartler <email address hidden> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:23:49 +0100

[llogan (loul)]

Thank you for your work on this, Reinhard.