Re: symlinks

> >> > How is using alsa/oss/sndio/whatever
> >> > related to creating symlinks (or not)?
> >> >
> >> > Why do we have both SYMLINKS and PLAYRECLINKS?
> >> > Why is this different for play/rec vs soxi (also below)?
> >> >
> >> > Naively, I would assume we want to create symlinks
> >> > for each of play, rec, soxi, or none of them.
> >> 
> >> There is no point in creating play/rec symlinks
> >> when no audio devices are supported since they can't work then.
> >
> > The current build system seems to omit sunaudio and waveaudio
> > from the list above, but with the rationale you describe,
> > they should be there too, right? Or is this intended?
> 
> Sorry, I missed that.
> 
> > Anyway, the manpages still get symlinked even if play/rec don't,
> > e.g. when all the drivers ar explicitly disabled. Is that intended?
> 
> I missed that too.  The whole thing is a mess.

I don't think the complexity is worth it at all.

Why not just create a symlink for play, rec, and soxi,
and a symlink for the play.1 and rec.1 manpages, always?

In the worst case, we create a needless symlink.
(And than the user plugs a soundcard in and runs play,
which is no longer needless, as opposed to recompiling).

The alternative is this mess we have now.