-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi debian-x,
I'd like to change a build-depend for an unofficial package of mine (geant4 -- unofficial for now because it has licensing issues) from xlibmesa-gl-dev to libgl1-mesa-dev since the former is apparently being deprecated. Here's the issue: # apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dev The following extra packages will be installed: libdrm2 libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx mesa-common-dev The following packages will be REMOVED: x-window-system-core xlibmesa-dri xlibmesa-gl xlibmesa-gl-dev Why will x-window-system-core be removed? Well, apparently it Depends specifically on xlibmesa-dri. On the other hand, libgl1-mesa-dev Depends on both libgl1-mesa-glx and libgl1-mesa-dri. libgl1-mesa-dri Conflicts with xlibmesa-dri. This seems to me like a bug in the dependencies of either libgl1-mesa-dev or x-window-system-core. The latter is an important metapackage that I don't think should be forced off the system just because a new development package is installed. In particular, Geant 4 is itself a set of libraries that its users will want to install development packages of, and its -dev packages must therefore be migrated to depend on libgl1-mesa-dev. Users will be confused when they try to install geant4 and end up without x-window-system-core. Thoughts? I suggest that either x-window-system-core Depend upon "xlibmesa-dri | libgl1-mesa-dri", or else that libgl1-mesa-dev NOT Depend upon libgl1-mesa-dri (just as xlibmesa-gl-dev does NOT Depend upon xlibmesa-dri). Please CC me as I'm not subscribed to this list. Let me know if you'd like me to submit this as a formal bug. (against which package?) P.S. For more fun, if I have libgl1-mesa-dev (and therefore mesa-common-dev) installed, and then try to reinstall xlibmesa-gl-dev, the following happens: Unpacking xlibmesa-gl-dev (from .../xlibmesa-gl-dev_6.9.0.dfsg.1-4_i386.deb) ...dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibmesa-gl-dev_6.9.0.dfsg.1-4_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/include/GL/glext.h', which is also in package mesa-common-dev so there seems to be a missing Conflicts/Replaces between xlibmesa-gl-dev and mesa-common-dev packages. Shall I file this as another bug? (against which package?) regards, - -- Kevin B. McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Physics Department WWW: http://www.princeton.edu/~kmccarty/ Princeton University GPG: public key ID 4F83C751 Princeton, NJ 08544 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEGu54fYxAIk+Dx1ERAn/mAKDLMh4F6TYRPRB42Wv1wNCzYHqYtwCeMQpj jRndENFAVkR/Kcs7MMZeVBE= =2nRm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
