Ignore SI-style configuration strings for device names

kcat · Jan 28, 2021 · 8c2592b · 8c2592b
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diff --git a/alc/alc.cpp b/alc/alc.cpp
@@ -3490,6 +3490,11 @@ START_API_FUNC
             || al::strcasecmp(deviceName, "DirectSound") == 0
             || al::strcasecmp(deviceName, "MMSYSTEM") == 0
 #endif
+            /* Some old Linux apps hardcode configuration strings that were
+             * supported by the OpenAL SI. We can't really do anything useful
+             * with them, so just ignore.
+             */
+            || (deviceName[0] == '\'' && deviceName[1] == '(')
             || al::strcasecmp(deviceName, "openal-soft") == 0)
             deviceName = nullptr;
     }