Revert "gnu: gnu: Make alsa find its plugins by setting ALSA_PLUGIN_DIR."

This reverts commit 2101cc3fb691f443b830fdf5f846ded5fa018739.

With commit 1e3861eb, we can do it without ALSA_PLUGIN_DIR.
See <https://bugs.gnu.org/31934> for details.

2 files changed, 1 insertions, 118 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 7367b953f7..a28aa5a2ea 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -981,15 +981,8 @@ intercept and print the system calls executed by the program.")
                    version ".tar.bz2"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "096pwrnhj36yndldvs2pj4r871zhcgisks0is78f1jkjn9sd4b2z"))
-             (patches (search-patches "alsa-lib-add-environment-variable.patch"))))
+               "096pwrnhj36yndldvs2pj4r871zhcgisks0is78f1jkjn9sd4b2z"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
-    (native-search-paths
-     (list (search-path-specification
-             (variable "ALSA_PLUGIN_DIR")
-             (file-type 'regular)
-             (separator #f)                         ;single entry
-             (files '("lib/alsa-lib")))))
     (home-page "https://www.alsa-project.org/")
     (synopsis "The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture libraries")
     (description
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/alsa-lib-add-environment-variable.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/alsa-lib-add-environment-variable.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a468a7fc4f..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/alsa-lib-add-environment-variable.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-From 1822fb453128a1b5de93b4c590cd272d6488a077 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
-Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 19:26:58 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Add support for a ALSA_PLUGIN_DIR environment variable.
-
-If it is not set, default to previous behavior.
----
- src/control/control.c |  6 +++++-
- src/dlmisc.c          |  9 +++++++--
- src/pcm/pcm.c         |  9 +++++++--
- src/pcm/pcm_rate.c    | 13 +++++++++----
- 4 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/control/control.c b/src/control/control.c
-index 11f7815..9dba7dd 100644
---- a/src/control/control.c
-+++ b/src/control/control.c
-@@ -1331,7 +1331,11 @@ static int snd_ctl_open_conf(snd_ctl_t **ctlp, const char *name,
- 			build_in++;
- 		}
- 		if (*build_in == NULL) {
--			buf1 = malloc(strlen(str) + sizeof(ALSA_PLUGIN_DIR) + 32);
-+			char* plugdir = ALSA_PLUGIN_DIR;
-+			char* envplugdir = getenv("ALSA_PLUGIN_DIR");
-+			if(envplugdir != NULL)
-+				plugdir = envplugdir;
-+			buf1 = malloc(strlen(str) + strlen(plugdir) + 32);
- 			if (buf1 == NULL) {
- 				err = -ENOMEM;
- 				goto _err;
-diff --git a/src/dlmisc.c b/src/dlmisc.c
-index 3757d33..92aa864 100644
---- a/src/dlmisc.c
-+++ b/src/dlmisc.c
-@@ -82,9 +82,14 @@ void *snd_dlopen(const char *name, int mode, char *errbuf, size_t errbuflen)
- 	char *filename = NULL;
- 
- 	if (name && name[0] != '/') {
--		filename = alloca(sizeof(ALSA_PLUGIN_DIR) + 1 + strlen(name) + 1);
-+		char* plugdir = ALSA_PLUGIN_DIR;
-+		char* envplugdir = getenv("ALSA_PLUGIN_DIR");
-+		if(envplugdir != NULL)
-+			plugdir = envplugdir;
-+
-+		filename = malloc(strlen(plugdir) + 1 + strlen(name) + 1);
- 		if (filename) {
--			strcpy(filename, ALSA_PLUGIN_DIR);
-+			strcpy(filename, plugdir);
- 			strcat(filename, "/");
- 			strcat(filename, name);
- 			handle = dlopen(filename, mode);
-diff --git a/src/pcm/pcm.c b/src/pcm/pcm.c
-index 11aec80..590e8b6 100644
---- a/src/pcm/pcm.c
-+++ b/src/pcm/pcm.c
-@@ -2496,13 +2496,18 @@ static int snd_pcm_open_conf(snd_pcm_t **pcmp, const char *name,
- 			build_in++;
- 		}
- 		if (*build_in == NULL) {
--			buf1 = malloc(strlen(str) + sizeof(ALSA_PLUGIN_DIR) + 32);
-+			char* plugdir = ALSA_PLUGIN_DIR;
-+			char* envplugdir = getenv("ALSA_PLUGIN_DIR");
-+			if(envplugdir != NULL)
-+				plugdir = envplugdir;
-+			buf1 = malloc(strlen(str) + strlen(plugdir) + 32);
-+
- 			if (buf1 == NULL) {
- 				err = -ENOMEM;
- 				goto _err;
- 			}
- 			lib = buf1;
--			sprintf(buf1, "%s/libasound_module_pcm_%s.so", ALSA_PLUGIN_DIR, str);
-+			sprintf(buf1, "%s/libasound_module_pcm_%s.so", plugdir, str);
- 		}
- 	}
- #ifndef PIC
-diff --git a/src/pcm/pcm_rate.c b/src/pcm/pcm_rate.c
-index 4e0c7ca..8694a38 100644
---- a/src/pcm/pcm_rate.c
-+++ b/src/pcm/pcm_rate.c
-@@ -1260,7 +1260,8 @@ static const char *const default_rate_plugins[] = {
- 
- static int rate_open_func(snd_pcm_rate_t *rate, const char *type, const snd_config_t *converter_conf, int verbose)
- {
--	char open_name[64], open_conf_name[64], lib_name[128], *lib = NULL;
-+	char open_name[64], open_conf_name[64], *lib = NULL;
-+	char *buf1;
- 	snd_pcm_rate_open_func_t open_func;
- 	snd_pcm_rate_open_conf_func_t open_conf_func;
- 	int err;
-@@ -1268,9 +1269,13 @@ static int rate_open_func(snd_pcm_rate_t *rate, const char *type, const snd_conf
- 	snprintf(open_name, sizeof(open_name), "_snd_pcm_rate_%s_open", type);
- 	snprintf(open_conf_name, sizeof(open_conf_name), "_snd_pcm_rate_%s_open_conf", type);
- 	if (!is_builtin_plugin(type)) {
--		snprintf(lib_name, sizeof(lib_name),
--				 "%s/libasound_module_rate_%s.so", ALSA_PLUGIN_DIR, type);
--		lib = lib_name;
-+		char* plugdir = ALSA_PLUGIN_DIR;
-+		char* envplugdir = getenv("ALSA_PLUGIN_DIR");
-+		if(envplugdir != NULL)
-+			plugdir = envplugdir;
-+		buf1 = malloc(strlen(type) + strlen(plugdir) + 32);
-+		sprintf(buf1, "%s/libasound_module_rate_%s.so", plugdir, type);
-+		lib = buf1;
- 	}
- 
- 	rate->rate_min = SND_PCM_PLUGIN_RATE_MIN;
--- 
-2.17.0
-