Package: firmware-nvidia-graphics
Version: 20251021-1~bpo13+1
Severity: minor
Hi,
On most of my systems, I've APT Pin files in order to get the linux kernel
and related packages (firmware, etc.) from backports.
Recently, I tried to upgrade an up-to-date boorworm (with backports for the
kernel+firmware) to trixie (with backports for the kernel+firmware).
It fails with the following message:
Preparing to unpack .../252-firmware-nvidia-graphics_20251021-1~bpo13+1_all.deb
...
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: file '/usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad103' not owned
by package 'firmware-nvidia-graphics'
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: file '/usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad103/gsp' not
owned by package 'firmware-nvidia-graphics'
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: directory '/usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad103'
contains files not owned by package firmware-nvidia-graphics, ca
nnot switch to symlink
dpkg: error processing archive
/tmp/apt-dpkg-install-JfnTpC/252-firmware-nvidia-graphics_20251021-1~bpo13+1_all.deb
(--unpack):
new firmware-nvidia-graphics package pre-installation script subprocess
returned error exit status 1
At this time, firmware-nvidia-graphics 20250410-2~bpo12+1 was installed.
I know that bookwork-backports -> trixie-backports is not officially
supported, hence the minor severity. I think the problem comes from the mix of
"dir-to-symlink change of nvidia/ad10{3,4,6,7}" [09624635e929] and the
usrmerge operation.
I fixed this by temporary removing the package and re-installing it after.
I initially tried to manually install firmware packages from trixie (and not
trixie-backports) and then upgrading to trixie-backports but I messed up
in the apt command line and removed the package...
I'm not sure if you want to try to support this non-standard upgrade path.
If not, this bug report will just document this behavior and a possible
workaround. If I've time, I will check if upgrading to trixie before
trixie-backports also work.
Regards,
Vincent
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.3
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (990, 'stable-updates'), (990, 'stable-security'), (990,
'stable'), (500, 'oldstable-updates'), (500, 'oldstable-security'), (500,
'oldstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.17.13+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
firmware-nvidia-graphics depends on no packages.
firmware-nvidia-graphics recommends no packages.
Versions of packages firmware-nvidia-graphics suggests:
ii initramfs-tools 0.148.3
-- no debconf information
