"Parse failure" when connecting to remote sources/sinks

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Quick notes (from module-tunnel.c)

        for (uint32_t j = 0; j < n_ports; j++) {
            uint32_t priority;

            if (pa_tagstruct_gets(t, &s) < 0 || /* name */
                pa_tagstruct_gets(t, &s) < 0 || /* description */
                pa_tagstruct_getu32(t, &priority) < 0) {

                pa_log("Parse failure");
                goto fail;
            }

<----- Must add port available status here
        }

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This bug was fixed in the package pulseaudio - 1:1.0-0ubuntu1

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pulseaudio (1:1.0-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

  [ David Henningsson ]
  * Fix "Parse failure" error with remote sources/sinks,
    thanks to Martin-Eric Racine for reporting/testing! (LP: #852902)
  * Fix crash when dbus module does not load (LP: #855729)
  * Add more bug fixes from upstream git

  [ Daniel T Chen ]
  * debian/copyright: Update all shipped sources
  * Various xcb_*() bugs already fixed in Sep 2010 (LP: #642030,
    LP: #646583, LP: #646616, LP: #648104)
  * Passthrough is supported in 1.0 (LP: #448024)
  * PulseAudio + alsa-plugins route through PulseAudio by default
    (LP: #378382)

  [ Luke Yelavich ]
  * New upstream bugfix release
    - vala: Add has_type_id=false to all enums, structs and classes
    - module-switch-on-connect: Don't switch unlinked sink input and source
      outputs
    - alsa-mixer: Set "Front" control to 0 dB on headphone path
    - module-equalizer-sink: Use %z for printf of size_t variables
    - module-equalizer-sink: Use = in initialising variables
    - bluetooth/sbc: Use __asm__ keyword
    - module-equalizer-sink: Use correct limit in loop
    - Squash the last gcc warnings
    - Make gcc --std=c99 happy
    - device-restore: Simplify the migration of data to per-port keys.
    - stream-restore: Add in some variable sets that were missing from 9ffa93.
    - stream-restore: Add proper data validity checks to the legacy database
      entry read.
    - formats: The format code should be in libpulse, not libpulsecommon
    - formats: Export more functions needed for a clean build.
    - device-restore: Fix use-after-free error.
    - raop: Use the port supplied by avahi when connecting to RAOP devices.
    - loopback: New modargs: sink_input_properties and
      source_output_properties.
    - bluetooth: Bump DBus version to 1.3.0 and drop conditional code.
    - alsa: Tidy up argument descriptions
    - module-suspend-on-idle: Move vacuum code to core
    - alsa-mixer: Add support for the Microsoft Kinect Sensor device
    - modargs: Ensure modargs can be accessed in their raw form.
    - raop: Properly deal with the name coming from the device.
    - build-sys: Oops forgot to add the Kinect profile to the build system.
    - volume: Rename 'sync volume' to 'deferred volume'.
    - raop: Don't crash if fd is not open when trying to close it
    - doc: Update README with fresh links.
    - doc: Add info about running pulseaudio from the build dir
    - stream: Relax assert for extended API
    - def: Hide server-side sink/source flags
    - volume: Handle varying channel count for shared volumes
    - virtual: Make volume sharing on by default
    - equalizer: Use volume sharing by default
    - echo-cancel: Use volume sharing by default
    - sink,source: Avoid crash by not updating volume on shutdown
    - conf: Make sure module-dbus-protocol is loaded after
      module-default-device-restore
    - build-sys: bump soname
    - sink,source: Handle missing in the shared volume case
    - dbus: Don't crash if the module does not load
    - Fix crash in threaded message queues
    - build-sys: Switch to the tar-us...