Package: libxnvctrl-dev Severity: important Tags: patch I've just come across this bug while trying to build conky in an up-to-date Sid pbuilder chroot; at the moment, it seems that libxnvctrl-dev can't be installed (and causes conky to FTBFS as a side effect).
# aptitude install libxnvctrl-dev The following NEW packages will be installed: libxnvctrl-dev{b} 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 90.7 kB of archives. After unpacking 459 kB will be used. The following packages have unmet dependencies: libxnvctrl-dev: PreDepends: nvidia-common which is a virtual package. The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Keep the following packages at their current version: 1) libxnvctrl-dev [Not Installed] Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n *** No more solutions available *** The following patch should fix this bug: diff -Nru a/debian/control b/debian/control --- a/debian/control 2011-07-06 12:33:37.000000000 -0700 +++ b/debian/control 2011-08-05 23:37:52.169895686 -0700 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Package: libxnvctrl-dev Section: contrib/libdevel Architecture: i386 amd64 -Pre-Depends: nvidia-common +Pre-Depends: nvidia-installer-cleanup Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} Breaks: nvidia-settings (<< 260.19.44) Replaces: nvidia-settings (<< 260.19.44) -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.39-4.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_CA.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org