diff -Nru alsa-lib-1.0.27.2/debian/changelog alsa-lib-1.0.27.2/debian/changelog
--- alsa-lib-1.0.27.2/debian/changelog	2014-02-25 12:09:47.000000000 +0000
+++ alsa-lib-1.0.27.2/debian/changelog	2014-02-25 16:52:38.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+alsa-lib (1.0.27.2-3ubuntu4) trusty; urgency=medium
+
+  * debian/tests/build_seq: Drop check of snd_seq_open() return value; it's
+    not relevant for a compile/link test, and it fails in containers and other
+    environments which don't actually have /dev/snd/.
+
+ -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:52:27 +0100
+
 alsa-lib (1.0.27.2-3ubuntu3) trusty; urgency=medium
 
   * debian/patches/0005-Add-UCM-config-files-for-Nexus-5.patch:
diff -Nru alsa-lib-1.0.27.2/debian/tests/build_seq alsa-lib-1.0.27.2/debian/tests/build_seq
--- alsa-lib-1.0.27.2/debian/tests/build_seq	2014-02-07 07:34:20.000000000 +0000
+++ alsa-lib-1.0.27.2/debian/tests/build_seq	2014-02-25 16:52:25.000000000 +0000
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@
 {
 	//Simple test that opens MIDI seq. That will work regardless of hardware factors.
 	snd_seq_t *seq_handle;
-	if (snd_seq_open(&seq_handle, "default", SND_SEQ_OPEN_INPUT, 0) < 0){
-		//unable to open it?
-		return 1;
-	}
+	snd_seq_open(&seq_handle, "default", SND_SEQ_OPEN_INPUT, 0);
 	return 0;
 }
 EOF