On 8/26/2006 5:13 PM, Randall Donald wrote:
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.
I've wondered about this dependency myself. Is there any way that
compiling your own module could PROVIDE nvidia-kernel-1.0.xxxx? This
way Debian can be made aware of the custom module and not force
installation of an unnecessary package.
Thoughts?
-Olek
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- Bug#384765: nvidia-glx: Should not depend on nvidia-kerne... Olek Wojnar
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