[Bug 2073633] Re: padsp binary missing from pulseaudio-utils

[Hans Joachim Desserud]

Thanks for reporting.

Took a look at the package content and changes. Looks like padsp was present in Ubuntu 23.10 [1] and then removed in 24.04 [2]. Which means something happened between versions
1:16.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu4 [3]
1:16.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu10 [4]

Checking the changelog between these two versions led me to
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/1:16.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu8
which disabled padsp. though is short on details why. So there might be
other issues which should be resolved before it can be re-enabled.

Regardless, now that it is disabled, looks like additionally:
* the package still contains bash completions for the binary even though it isn't included [2}
* the database for command-not-found doesn't seem to have been updated after the binary was removed. It probably should to reflect which binaries exists and are offered by the package.


[1] https://packages.ubuntu.com/mantic/amd64/pulseaudio-utils/filelist
[2] https://packages.ubuntu.com/noble/amd64/pulseaudio-utils/filelist
[3] https://packages.ubuntu.com/mantic/pulseaudio-utils
[4] https://packages.ubuntu.com/noble/pulseaudio-utils

** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Also affects: command-not-found (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  padsp binary missing from pulseaudio-utils

Status in command-not-found package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  This package is supposed* to include the padsp binary, but it is not
  installed with the package.

  steps to reproduce:

  sudo apt install pulseaudio-utils

  padsp

  result:

  Command 'padsp' not found, but can be installed with:
  sudo apt install pulseaudio-utils

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
  Package: pulseaudio-utils 1:16.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-38.38-generic 6.8.8
  Uname: Linux 6.8.0-38-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/seq:        eamonnm    1373 F.... pipewire
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  eamonnm    1376 F.... wireplumber
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  eamonnm    1376 F.... wireplumber
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CurrentDesktop: LXQt
  Date: Fri Jul 19 15:40:30 2024
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-07-15 (4 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240425.1)
  MachineType: AAEON MF-001
  PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
  SourcePackage: pulseaudio
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 01/30/2018
  dmi.bios.release: 5.11
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: MFC1AM12
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string
  dmi.board.name: MF-001
  dmi.board.vendor: AAEON
  dmi.board.version: V1.0
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: AAEON
  dmi.chassis.version: V1.0
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrMFC1AM12:bd01/30/2018:br5.11:svnAAEON:pnMF-001:pvrV1.0:rvnAAEON:rnMF-001:rvrV1.0:cvnAAEON:ct3:cvrV1.0:skuDefaultstring:
  dmi.product.family: Default string
  dmi.product.name: MF-001
  dmi.product.sku: Default string
  dmi.product.version: V1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: AAEON

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