pulseaudio update breaks pulseaudio-qubes

[sidhussmann]

Qubes OS version
R4.0

Affected component(s) or functionality
pulseaudio-qubes in debian-testing

Brief summary
pulseaudio 14.1 hit debian-testing and it breaks pulseaudio-qubes.

To Reproduce
sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade in debian-testing

Additional context
To me it looks like in debian it's just a matter of triggering the build pipeline, since the dependency of libpulse gets resolved in https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-gui-agent-linux/blob/master/debian/rules

[iamahuman]

Related: #6353, #6348, #6234, #6172

[sidhussmann]

pulseaudio-qubes has been updated in debian-testing and matches the upstream dependencies of pulseaudio

[sidhussmann]

pulseaudio-qubes is getting removed again. @marmarek does it help if I reopen this issue each time I notice it? I'm assuming it does, since someone needs to manually trigger the pipeline that resolves the libpulse dependency in https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-gui-agent-linux/blob/master/debian/rules

[iamahuman]

IMHO the pipeline should be launched automatically every time a new major version of pulseaudio lands in the upstream distro's "testing" repository.

[sidhussmann]

@iamahuman unfortunately it's not just major versions that break pulseaudio-qubes. We are now upgrading from 14.1-1 to 14.2-2..

[EncryptedGiraffe]

Indeed, the update to 14.2-2 has broken the audio in all of my debian-11 qubes in 4.1

[sidhussmann]

pulseaudio-qubes has been updated in debian-testing and matches the upstream dependencies of pulseaudio

[sidhussmann]

I re-open this issue as it's merely a matter of triggering the build pipeline.

[fepitre]

@sidhussmann which version? Currently the weekly updater is using Fedora versions which is currently 15.0 but I may use another input source.

[sidhussmann]

(Edit)
Ah, you probably mean pulseaudio. Yes, it is 15.0+dfsg1-2:

libpulse-dev/testing 15.0+dfsg1-2 amd64 [upgradable from: 14.2-2]
libpulse-mainloop-glib0/testing 15.0+dfsg1-2 amd64 [upgradable from: 14.2-2]
libpulse0/testing 15.0+dfsg1-2 amd64 [upgradable from: 14.2-2]
libpulsedsp/testing 15.0+dfsg1-2 amd64 [upgradable from: 14.2-2]
pulseaudio-module-gsettings/testing 15.0+dfsg1-2 amd64 [upgradable from: 14.2-2]
pulseaudio-utils/testing 15.0+dfsg1-2 amd64 [upgradable from: 14.2-2]
pulseaudio/testing 15.0+dfsg1-2 amd64 [upgradable from: 14.2-2]

@fepitre it's regarding debian-testing on Qubes R4.0.

The dependency of pulseaudio-qubes gets resolved here: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-gui-agent-linux/blob/master/debian/rules

[sidhussmann]

@fepitre is there any way I can help/contribute regarding this issue?

[fepitre]

@sidhussmann You cannot do anything on your side. I see that 4.0.38 for gui-agent-linux is in bullseye for R4.0 so you should have pulseaudio-15 supported.

[sidhussmann]

@fepitre well, current debian-testing is the bookworm release, which does not have an apt repo at https://deb.qubes-os.org/r4.0/vm.

pulseaudio on Debian 11/bullseye is on version 14.2-2... So that clashes with pulseaudio from upstream debian-testing repo.

Is there any way I can help support debian-testing for https://deb.qubes-os.org/r4.0/vm?

[fepitre]

We talked recently to add bookworm to R4.1 which should be pretty straightforward. If you want to try, just build every components for DISTS_VM=bookworm after having added its support in builder-debian and give feedback and PR :)

[sidhussmann]

Thanks for clarifying this. This might be a good holiday project :)

[fepitre]

@sidhussmann I've created an issue to track the work for bookworm: #7134. Don't hesitate to reference this issue in any contribution related to that work.

[DemiMarie]

The original problem has likely been fixed, as the Arch template keeps requiring support for newer and newer PulseAudio versions. The more general problem is that PulseAudio modules use an unstable API, and this will be fixed when Qubes OS switches to PipeWire.