[vorbis] redhat vorbis install

[Michael Smith]

>I don't see much value in creating RPMs that can't even be rebuilt on the 
>intended target system, so I don't see how I can create redhat-friendly 
>RPMS (and SRPMS) of libao without disabling alsa support.  I understand 
>the desire to retain alsa support so the same RPM can be used on different 
>distributions, I just want better behaved RPMs more :)

The intent is to always build complete RPMs. People who want to rebuild
RPMs are usually capable of changing the build-requires as you did.

>
>On a related note,
>I understand that using --force with the vorbis.com RPMs will work, and 
>I'll make a note of that on my web page.  But I still think that 
>publishing RPMs that are claimed to be "for RedHat Linux", that do not 
>install gracefully or rebuild on Red Hat machines, may frustrate potential 
>users.

Yes, it was a bug. We incorrectly assumed that the distinction between
Requires and BuildRequires worked as one would naively assume it would.
The next release will be fixed.

Michael

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