On Sat, 2006-08-26 at 15:27 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni wrote: > Package: nvidia-glx > Version: 1.0.8762-2 > Severity: normal > > > Hi, > > Currently, nvidia-glx Depends: on nvidia-kernel-1.0.8762, which forces > the installation of one of the pre-compiled version of the nvidia > driver for the kernels packaged in Debian. > If you don't have a module already installed and you are upgrading, yes that would be the case.
> However, for the people who are not using the Debian kernels, and > willing to compile the module against their kernel using > nvidia-kernel-source, it would be nice to be able to install > nvidia-glx without the dependency on nvidia-kernel-1.0.XXXX. > > Is it possible to remove this dependency, or to turn it into something > like nvidia-kernel-1.0.8762 | nvidia-kernel-source ? > No, because it does depend on a kernel module. Depending on the source package will result in a broken X until a manual package is built. And that relies on the user knowing why the system is broken. -- -------------------------------------------- Randall Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.khensu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Programmer/Debian Developer GnuPG: 6C27DEAB -------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
