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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughChangesALSA host-resolution flow
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participant MiscDeploy
participant DependencyWalker
participant AppDir
participant AppRun
participant HostALSA
participant MainBinary
MiscDeploy->>DependencyWalker: Remove libasound.so* entries
DependencyWalker->>AppDir: Exclude bundled ALSA libraries
AppRun->>HostALSA: Find host libasound.so.2
AppRun->>MainBinary: Launch with host ALSA in LD_PRELOAD
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In `@data/apprun.sh`:
- Around line 75-80: Update the AppRun preload loop at data/apprun.sh:75-80 to
discover libasound.so.2 using the host architecture’s library paths, and warn or
fail explicitly when none is found. Review the related dependency handling at
src/dependencywalker.h:52-54, src/miscdeploy.cpp:173-175, and
src/miscdeploy.h:45-46; make no direct changes there unless needed to keep the
dependency behavior consistent. Update the “always resolves” claim in
README.md:33 to reflect the architecture-aware lookup and missing-library
behavior.
In `@README.md`:
- Line 33: Update the ALSA entry in README.md to remove the unconditional
“always resolves” claim and accurately describe the behavior of data/apprun.sh:
libasound.so.2 is preloaded only from its configured fixed paths, while other
host installations may not be resolved by that mechanism.
In `@src/dependencywalker.h`:
- Around line 52-54: Update the documentation for RemoveElfsByFilenamePrefix()
to clarify that it only removes the bundled ELF and does not guarantee host
resolution. State that AppRun must explicitly preload a compatible host library
for libraries requiring system resolution, and remove the implication that
generic dynamic-linker fallback is sufficient.
In `@src/miscdeploy.h`:
- Around line 45-46: Update the ALSA runtime contract around HandleAlsa so it
explicitly documents that AppRun must locate and LD_PRELOAD the host
libasound.so.2 using the supported fixed path list, or broaden that lookup to
cover every intended host layout if the guarantee is meant literally. Keep the
dependency-walker behavior unchanged unless expanding the lookup is required.
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| for ALSA_LIB in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasound.so.2 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libasound.so.2 /usr/lib64/libasound.so.2 /usr/lib/libasound.so.2 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasound.so.2; do | ||
| if [ -e "${ALSA_LIB}" ]; then | ||
| export LD_PRELOAD="${LD_PRELOAD:+${LD_PRELOAD}:}${ALSA_LIB}" | ||
| break | ||
| fi | ||
| done |
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AppRun only preloads ALSA from a fixed path list, so the “always resolves” guarantee is too strong. That misses at least armhf/i686 host layouts, leaving LD_PRELOAD unset and ALSA unavailable even though the bundled copy is removed. Add architecture-aware lookup or warn/fail when no host libasound.so.2 is found.
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In `@data/apprun.sh` around lines 75 - 80, Update the AppRun preload loop at
data/apprun.sh:75-80 to discover libasound.so.2 using the host architecture’s
library paths, and warn or fail explicitly when none is found. Review the
related dependency handling at src/dependencywalker.h:52-54,
src/miscdeploy.cpp:173-175, and src/miscdeploy.h:45-46; make no direct changes
there unless needed to keep the dependency behavior consistent. Update the
“always resolves” claim in README.md:33 to reflect the architecture-aware lookup
and missing-library behavior.
| | Gdk-Pixbuf | `libgdk_pixbuf` | Pixbuf loaders + a patched `loaders.cache` | | ||
| | GTK 2/3/4 | `libgtk-<2\|3\|4>` | The matching GTK module directory, default theme (GTK ≤ 3), and a patched `immodules.cache` (GTK ≤ 3) | | ||
| | ALSA | `libasound` | The `alsa-lib` plugin directory | | ||
| | ALSA | `libasound` | **Never bundled** - `libasound.so*` is removed from the dependency set so it always resolves against the running system's alsa-lib (plugins, config, and hardware UCM profiles are versioned together and bundling them breaks device access on a mismatched host) | |
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Avoid claiming unconditional ALSA resolution — data/apprun.sh only preloads libasound.so.2 from a fixed set of paths, so hosts that install ALSA elsewhere won’t get that guarantee.
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| // Removes every already-registered ELF whose filename starts with `filename_prefix` from all_elfs(), so it is never copied into the AppDir. library_locations() is left untouched - a stale search directory is harmless. For libraries that must always be resolved against the running system rather than bundled (e.g. ALSA): once removed here, the dynamic linker falls through the AppDir rpath (now empty for this name) to the host's own copy at runtime, same as for any other unbundled system library. | ||
| void RemoveElfsByFilenamePrefix(const QString &filename_prefix); | ||
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Document the preload requirement. RemoveElfsByFilenamePrefix() only removes the bundled copy; it doesn’t guarantee host resolution. Update the comment to say AppRun must explicitly preload a compatible host library instead of implying generic dynamic-linker fallback.
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In `@src/dependencywalker.h` around lines 52 - 54, Update the documentation for
RemoveElfsByFilenamePrefix() to clarify that it only removes the bundled ELF and
does not guarantee host resolution. State that AppRun must explicitly preload a
compatible host library for libraries requiring system resolution, and remove
the implication that generic dynamic-linker fallback is sufficient.
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| // Removes libasound.so* from the dependency set if present, so ALSA is always resolved against the running system's alsa-lib rather than bundled: its plugin modules, /usr/share/alsa config, and hardware UCM profiles are versioned together by the host and bundling them breaks device access on any host whose alsa-lib/UCM data doesn't exactly match the build host's (see miscdeploy.cpp for the failure mode this avoids). | ||
| void HandleAlsa(DependencyWalker &dependency_walker); |
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Qualify the ALSA runtime contract. HandleAlsa() only removes libasound.so*; AppRun still has to find and LD_PRELOAD a host libasound.so.2 from a fixed path list. Document that host-layout dependency, or broaden the lookup if “always” is meant literally.
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In `@src/miscdeploy.h` around lines 45 - 46, Update the ALSA runtime contract
around HandleAlsa so it explicitly documents that AppRun must locate and
LD_PRELOAD the host libasound.so.2 using the supported fixed path list, or
broaden that lookup to cover every intended host layout if the guarantee is
meant literally. Keep the dependency-walker behavior unchanged unless expanding
the lookup is required.
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