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Please unblock package xserver-xorg-video-geode

2.11.16-4 mistakenly dropped a (Provides: xorg-driver-video). Without it, on 
hosts without any other X.Org video driver installed, this results in an APT 
decision to remove the whole X.Org stack and most desktop applications. 

debdiff (minus changelog.dch, which somehow shipped with 2.11.16-4 unnoticed):

diff -Nru xserver-xorg-video-geode-2.11.16/debian/changelog 
xserver-xorg-video-geode-2.11.16/debian/changelog
--- xserver-xorg-video-geode-2.11.16/debian/changelog   2014-09-14 
13:41:27.000000000 +0300
+++ xserver-xorg-video-geode-2.11.16/debian/changelog   2014-11-11 
01:12:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+xserver-xorg-video-geode (2.11.16-5) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * debian/control:
+    + Provides: xorg-driver-video
+      This reverses part of the previous changes. Without this, APT uninstalls
+      the whole X.Org if no other video driver is installed (Closes: #769042).
+
+ -- Martin-Éric Racine <[email protected]>  Tue, 11 Nov 2014 01:07:59 
+0200
+
 xserver-xorg-video-geode (2.11.16-4) unstable; urgency=medium

   * debian/control,debian/rules; Gotten one step closer to XSF:
diff -Nru xserver-xorg-video-geode-2.11.16/debian/control 
xserver-xorg-video-geode-2.11.16/debian/control
--- xserver-xorg-video-geode-2.11.16/debian/control     2014-09-14 
14:00:15.000000000 +0300
+++ xserver-xorg-video-geode-2.11.16/debian/control     2014-11-11 
00:33:21.000000000 +0200
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 Depends: ${misc:Depends},
          ${shlibs:Depends},
          ${xviddriver:Depends}
-Provides: xserver-xorg-video-amd,
+Provides: xorg-driver-video,
+          xserver-xorg-video-amd,
           ${xviddriver:Provides}
 Breaks: xserver-xorg-video-amd (<< ${binary:Version})
 Description: X.Org X server -- Geode GX2/LX display driver

unblock xserver-xorg-video-geode/2.11.16-5

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (1001, 'testing'), (1001, 'oldstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.16-3-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fi_FI.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash


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