#447196 anonymous structure makes lib partially unusable in C++

Package:
libmad
Source:
libmad
Submitter:
Philippe Coval
Date:
2026-10-13 14:23:28 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
Tags:
#447196#5
Date:
2007-10-18 20:31:34 UTC
From:
To:
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Hi,
Is it possible to apply this patch ?
I am about to report this upstream too

Because the structure can not be casted to an anonymous structure
which is mandatory in C++ (malloc returns void* and new is impossible
without typename)

see patch attached :
http://rzr.online.fr/docs/contribs/patches/libmad-0.15.1brzr.diff

Regards
#447196#10
Date:
2007-10-28 17:47:55 UTC
From:
To:
I haven't seen you send this to an upstream list yet?

Why do you think you need to allocate that buffer yourself?  This is
normally done in by libmad itself, in mad_decoder_run().


Kurt
#447196#15
Date:
2007-11-15 20:32:50 UTC
From:
To:
Kurt Roeckx wrote:
Hi
here is it (noone replied so far) :

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1816107&group_id=12349&atid=312349
true, unless I hack the lib for personnal use :)

I agrea this is not a debian specific bug

Regards
#447196#20
Date:
2007-11-15 21:00:47 UTC
From:
To:
If you're already changing it to do other things you want to do with it,
I don't see why we should change something.


Kurt
#447196#25
Date:
2007-12-21 00:21:45 UTC
From:
To:
Err, I meant using the library structures outside the library ...

Regards
#447196#30
Date:
2024-11-06 19:31:53 UTC
From:
To:
This is not relevant to normal as-specced use of the library
and the type can trivially be named with
  using mad_sync = decltype(*std::declval<mad_decoder>().sync);

(You can do the same in C,
 just add some underscores and rephrase as a typedef.)
#447196#37
Date:
2026-10-13 13:21:40 UTC
From:
To:
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
libmad, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 447196@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Fabian Greffrath <fabian@debian.org> (supplier of updated libmad package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)
Format: 1.8
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:02:09 +0200
Source: libmad
Architecture: source
Version: 0.16.5-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers <debian-multimedia@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Fabian Greffrath <fabian@debian.org>
Closes: 447196
Changes:
 libmad (0.16.5-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream version 0.16.5
     + Fixed anonymous struct for C++ compatibility (Closes: #447196)
   * Remove patch, does not apply anymore
   * Install examples from examples/ directory
   * Update debian/libmad0.symbols file for added symbols
   * Adapt debian/copyright to moved source locations
   * Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.4
   * Bump debhelper-compat to 14, strip Depends fields
   * Configure with -DPAD_VERSION_STRING for improved ABI compatibility
     with 0.15.1b
   * Run "wrap-and-sort -ast"
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