maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 292308] audio/openal-soft: Optionally remove dependency on RTKIT/DBUS
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:24:46 UTC
Bugzilla Automation <bugzilla@FreeBSD.org> has asked freebsd-multimedia (Nobody) <multimedia@FreeBSD.org> for maintainer-feedback: Bug 292308: audio/openal-soft: Optionally remove dependency on RTKIT/DBUS https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=292308 --- Description --- OpenAL Soft uses RTKit (via D-Bus) to request real-time scheduling. However, RTKit is a Linux-specific daemon that interfaces with Linux-specific kernel features; it has no functional equivalent on FreeBSD. Consequently, the devel/dbus dependency provides no benefit to FreeBSD users and acts as a "zombie" dependency. This patch introduces an RTKIT option to the port: Default is ON: To maintain the status quo for official binary packages and avoid breaking existing expectations. Functionality: When disabled, it passes ALSOFT_RTKIT=OFF to CMake, which successfully prunes the link-time dependency on libdbus-1. Testing performed: Verified that libopenal.so no longer links to libdbus-1 when the option is OFF using ldd. Verified that the port still builds and functions correctly with the option ON. Confirmed that pre-existing make check-plist errors in this port are unrelated to these changes.