[MacPorts] #42986: openal-soft @1.15.1: complains about pulseaudio (@5.0) not being built with capabilities support

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#42986: openal-soft @1.15.1: complains about pulseaudio (@5.0) not being built with
capabilities support
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  Reporter:  egall@…                 |      Owner:  ionic@…
      Type:  defect                  |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal                  |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports                   |    Version:  2.2.1
Resolution:                          |   Keywords:
      Port:  openal-soft pulseaudio  |
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Comment (by devans@…):

 Replying to [comment:18 ionic@…]:
 > I did re-enable capabilities support, but this didn't change anythings.
 Capabilities are plainly not supported on OS X.

 Indeed.  libcap is required for pulseaudio to enable this feature
 regardless of the --with/without-caps option.

 From a recent build log

 {{{
 checking for library containing cap_init... no
 checking sys/capability.h usability... no
 checking sys/capability.h presence... no
 checking for sys/capability.h... no
 }}}

 AFAIK libcap is currently only available on Linux platforms where the
 following requirements must be met:
   * A recent linux kernel (2.6.24+) built with POSIX Capabilities enabled
   * A file system that supports extended attributes such as ext3
   * the libcap2 user space package

 That given, doesn't seem like something that you'll see on Mac OS X any
 time soon.

 I suggest that about the only practical thing to do is to track down and
 disable the obnoxious message which is really out of
 place here.

 For a good run down on what it's all about see
 http://www.friedhoff.org/posixfilecaps.html

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