UPDATE. The quick answer is actually "no", not "yes". The "alsa-utils" does not contain many of the files yours does, including the one named "alsa". "alsa-lib" does look similar.
The quick answer is "yes". Below is info on all 3 directories. The first two build fine (lib & firmware). The third is the "problem child" -- utils. Thank you for your time and help!
Marc
Code:
[root@mythhd alsa-lib]# pwd
/usr/src/alsa-lib
[root@mythhd alsa-lib]# ls -l
total 1328
-rw-r--r-- 1 mythtv mythtv 774 2012-01-21 21:05 PKGBUILD
-rw-r--r-- 1 mythtv mythtv 501364 2012-01-21 21:07 alsa-lib-1.0.24.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 mythtv mythtv 832555 2012-01-21 21:06 alsa-lib-1.0.24.1.tar.bz2
drwxr-xr-x 3 mythtv mythtv 4096 2012-01-21 21:07 pkg
drwxr-xr-x 3 mythtv mythtv 4096 2012-01-21 21:06 src
[root@mythhd alsa-lib]# pacman -Qi alsa-lib
Name : alsa-lib
Version : 1.0.24.1-1
URL : http://www.alsa-project.org
Licenses : GPL
Groups : None
Provides : None
Depends On : glibc
Optional Deps : python: for python smixer plugin
Required By : alsa-oss alsa-utils esound gpac libao libsndfile
libvisual-plugins lirc-utils xmms
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Installed Size : 1932.00 K
Packager : Unknown Packager
Architecture : i686
Build Date : Sat 21 Jan 2012 09:07:18 PM PST
Install Date : Sun 22 Jan 2012 10:53:50 AM PST
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : No
Description : An alternative implementation of Linux sound support
Code:
[root@mythhd alsa-firmware]# pwd
/usr/src/alsa-firmware
[root@mythhd alsa-firmware]# ls -lh
total 8.9M
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.7K 2012-01-21 20:48 PKGBUILD
-rw-r--r-- 1 mythtv mythtv 5.2M 2012-01-21 21:12 alsa-firmware-1.0.24.1-1-i686.p kg.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 mythtv mythtv 3.7M 2012-01-21 21:12 alsa-firmware-1.0.24.1.tar.bz2
drwxr-xr-x 4 mythtv mythtv 4.0K 2012-01-21 21:12 pkg
drwxr-xr-x 3 mythtv mythtv 4.0K 2012-01-21 21:12 src
[root@mythhd alsa-firmware]# pacman -Qi alsa-firmware
Name : alsa-firmware
Version : 1.0.24.1-1
URL : http://alsa-project.org/
Licenses : GPL
Groups : None
Provides : None
Depends On : None
Optional Deps : None
Required By : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Installed Size : 13324.00 K
Packager : Unknown Packager
Architecture : i686
Build Date : Sat 21 Jan 2012 09:12:26 PM PST
Install Date : Sat 21 Jan 2012 09:12:47 PM PST
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : No
Description : ALSA firmware package
[root@mythhd alsa-firmware]#
And now the problem child:
Code:
[mythtv@mythhd alsa-utils]$ pwd
/usr/src/alsa-utils
[mythtv@mythhd alsa-utils]$ ls -l
total 4
-rw-rw-rw- 1 mythtv mythtv 1296 2012-01-21 22:12 PKGBUILD
[mythtv@mythhd alsa-utils]$ whoami
mythtv
[mythtv@mythhd alsa-utils]$ makepkg
==> Making package: alsa-utils 1.0.24.2-1 i686 (Sun Jan 22 10:59:18 PST 2012)
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
-> Downloading alsa-utils-1.0.24.2.tar.bz2...
--2012-01-22 10:59:18-- ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/alsa-utils-1.0.24.2.tar.bz2
=> `alsa-utils-1.0.24.2.tar.bz2.part'
Resolving ftp.alsa-project.org... 77.48.224.243
Connecting to ftp.alsa-project.org|77.48.224.243|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/utils ... done.
==> SIZE alsa-utils-1.0.24.2.tar.bz2 ... 1130734
==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR alsa-utils-1.0.24.2.tar.bz2 ... done.
Length: 1130734 (1.1M)
100%[=======================================>] 1,130,734 211K/s in 5.2s
2012-01-22 10:59:27 (211 KB/s) - `alsa-utils-1.0.24.2.tar.bz2.part' saved [1130734]
==> ERROR: alsa was not found in the build directory and is not a URL.