ALSA Dependency - Is it necessary?

[Mark Wielaard]

Hi Michael,

On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 01:04 -0500, Michael Franz wrote:

> Is there anyway to build IcedTea without the ALSA library?  I am
> trying to build IcedTea on OS X and since ALSA does not exist for OS X
> it is a little hard to get past this step.  I have spent a few days
> trying to get ALSA to compile on OS X, but that was futile.

I think the alsa dependency isn't strictly necessary, although I haven't
looked into how to easily disable it. If you are looking for something
like IcedTea that compiles on OS X then take a looks at SoyLatte
http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/static/soylatte/
Unfortunately it isn't free software since it is currently distributed
under the JRL (so you won't be able to get the sources or redistribute
unless you accept those proprietary terms for the moment). Landon would
like to distribute under the GPL to make cooperation easier with OpenJDK
based projects like IcedTea, but till now Sun has not been able to grant
him those rights.

Cheers,

Mark