On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 02:50:06PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You are right, it might have been luck - but I wouldn't call it 'dumb'. > > First of all, its no secret which files are installed by the Nvidia > installer: > there is a detailed list with files and destinations in Appendix C of the > Nvidia Readme. > > Second, I have often heard the complaints over broken systems. However, I did > never observe any of these problems, not even after uninstalling the Nvidia > driver. An upgrade from Sarge to Etch also worked flawlessly (except the > Nvidia driver itself, which has to be compiled after the upgrade as it > depends on the kernel). And updates of XFree or X.Org Debian packages never > made any troubles. > > Of course you are right that "packages are provided for a good reason" - but > they are not always provided. Sarge is still featuring version 7174, and > sarge-backports have 8174, compared with the recent 8776 from Nvidia. And > Etch has no package at all, you have to use the Sid packages. Therefore, I > will stick with the Nvidia installer simply because in my experience it works > on Sarge as well as on Etch and Sid, on 32bit as well as on 64bit - and > because it gives me allways an up-to-date driver.
Sarge is a stable release, and hence will not get ANY updates. That is how it should be. If backports needs an update, well then I guess someone should submit one to them. The lack of updating of non-free/contrib packages in testing does seem to a major annoyance. I don't understand why this isn't happening. Maybe someone can enlighten me. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
