Package: libgl1-mesa-dri Version: 7.7-4 Severity: normal apparently ati has gained some popularity again lately, but i don't think it justifies to make a non-chip specific package depend on a particular chip's (family) lib. while it is a nuisance on any normal pc, it is a no-go on limited devices like the freerunner.
in my experience it has become a real pest lately that a lot of packages define unnecessary dependencies because "it doesn't matter with today's computers" -- but it does matter and even more with a distribution that attempts to be available on a plethora of devices, not all having abundant memory, disk space or cpu. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32.3 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages libgl1-mesa-dri depends on: ii libc6 2.10.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libdrm-intel1 2.4.18-2 Userspace interface to intel-speci ii libdrm-radeon1 2.4.18-2 Userspace interface to radeon-spec ii libdrm2 2.4.18-2 Userspace interface to kernel DRM ii libexpat1 2.0.1-7 XML parsing C library - runtime li libgl1-mesa-dri recommends no packages. Versions of packages libgl1-mesa-dri suggests: pn libglide3 <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org