pavucontrol does not have pulseaudio as a dependency

[Lars Noodén]

pavucontrol does not have pulseaudio as a dependency so it's possible to install pavucontrol without having pulseaudio.

If pulseaudio is not install and pavucontrol is selected, pavucontrol goes ahead and installs without adding pulseaudio. That's kind of pointless. What should happen when pavucontrol is installed is that it should check for pulseaudio and if that is not installed add that to the list and install it too.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: pavucontrol 1.0-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-5.14-generic 3.10.2
Uname: Linux 3.10.0-5-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.11-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jul 24 11:51:48 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-07-24 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64+mac (20130723.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: pavucontrol
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[sudodus (nio-wiklund)]

This bug affects me too. I often use pavucontrol because it gives better control of the audio settings and audio devices also in Ubuntu flavour where it is not built-in.

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Thanks for the report. I forwarded it to the Debian maintainers of this package. Ubuntu receives pavucontrol without any further modification from them so it makes more sense to let the maintainers there handle it.

[Logan Rosen (logan)]

This bug was fixed in the package pavucontrol - 2.0-2

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pavucontrol (2.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  [ Léo Cavaillé ]
  * Build debug package pavucontrol-dbg with symbols
  (Closes: #737451)
  * Adds pulseaudio server to Recommends (Closes: #717719,
  Closes: #608034)

 -- Sjoerd Simons <email address hidden> Mon, 07 Apr 2014 21:10:49 +0200