Bug#769043: unblock: xserver-xorg-video-geode/2.11.16-5
Package: release.debian.org
Severity: normal
User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
Usertags: unblock
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 <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi> 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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