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Re: Uninstallable Packages



On Tue, Oct 05, 1999 at 10:13:51PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> Packages with unknown dependencies:
> 
>     clanlib0-display-fbdev-dev
>     clanlib0-display-ggi-dev
>     clanlib0-display-glx
>     clanlib0-display-glx-dev
>     clanlib0-display-svgalib-dev
>     clanlib0-display-x11-dev
> 		Depends: libgl1 ; which doesn't exist

This exists in CVS.  libGL.so.1 is what is used by the latest versions of
GLX and Mesa.  I think the problem was coming up with a sane way to make
alternatives work for the purpose since libgl1 is almost certainly a
virtual package provided by Mesa, GLX, and probably commercial offerings
as well.


Compound this with Mesa and GLX merging and you've got something close to
a nightmare.  It's a release critical bug that these packages depend on
something that isn't yet available as a package however.  The packages
should be removed if the problem is not resolved by the time we're ready
to release.
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