reading through the bug thread, I've understood the problem description
but I think the bug catches in ever simpler cases, as I get the
following phenomena:
# apt-get -s install nvidia-glx nvidia-kernel-2.6.16-2-k7
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
nvidia-kernel-2.6.16-2-486 nvidia-kernel-common
Suggested packages:
nvidia-settings nvidia-kernel-source
Recommended packages:
linux-image-2.6.16-2-486
The following NEW packages will be installed
nvidia-glx nvidia-kernel-2.6.16-2-486 nvidia-kernel-2.6.16-2-k7
nvidia-kernel-common
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
[...]
# apt-get -s install nvidia-kernel-2.6.16-2-k7 nvidia-glx
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
nvidia-kernel-common
Suggested packages:
nvidia-settings nvidia-kernel-source
The following NEW packages will be installed
nvidia-glx nvidia-kernel-2.6.16-2-k7 nvidia-kernel-common
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
[...]
The reason being that nvidia-glx is dependent on nvidia-kernel-1.0.8762,
provided by the whole nvidia-kernel-2.6.16-2-* family.
As I'm not sure to understand exactly the scope of the patch, I just
wanted to be sure that this usecase is covered as well.
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-5 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.1.1-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
Versions of packages apt recommends:
pn debian-archive-keyring <none> (no description available)
Package: apt
Version: 0.6.45
Followup-For: Bug #122304
Hi,
reading through the bug thread, I've understood the problem description
but I think the bug catches in ever simpler cases, as I get the
following phenomena:
# apt-get -s install nvidia-glx nvidia- kernel- 2.6.16- 2-k7 kernel- 2.6.16- 2-486 nvidia- kernel- common kernel- source image-2. 6.16-2- 486 kernel- 2.6.16- 2-486 nvidia- kernel- 2.6.16- 2-k7 kernel- common
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
nvidia-
Suggested packages:
nvidia-settings nvidia-
Recommended packages:
linux-
The following NEW packages will be installed
nvidia-glx nvidia-
nvidia-
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
[...]
# apt-get -s install nvidia- kernel- 2.6.16- 2-k7 nvidia-glx kernel- common kernel- source kernel- 2.6.16- 2-k7 nvidia- kernel- common
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
nvidia-
Suggested packages:
nvidia-settings nvidia-
The following NEW packages will be installed
nvidia-glx nvidia-
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
[...]
The reason being that nvidia-glx is dependent on nvidia- kernel- 1.0.8762, kernel- 2.6.16- 2-* family.
provided by the whole nvidia-
As I'm not sure to understand exactly the scope of the patch, I just
wanted to be sure that this usecase is covered as well.
Hope this helps, Eric
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