Bug#894123: RM: nvidia-graphics-modules/oldstable -- RoQA; license problem; incompatible with current kernel ABI
On 2018-03-26 17:51, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> See #815060 for the license issue.
from the previous jessie RM request: https://bugs.debian.org/815525
>On Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:02:56 +0100 Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
>wrote:
>> I'd rather we left (old)stable well alone.
> The Linux kernel ABI in jessie was changed in January as a result of
> the mitigation of the Meltdown security issue. This package would
> need to be updated to build new compatible modules, but that should
> not be done due to the license issue.
OPU request: https://bugs.debian.org/888561
> For the same reasons, this package should also be removed from wheezy
> - though I don't think that's practical no since there won't be any
> further point releases.
Unfortunately the non-free bits cannot be updated via LTS :-(
Let's hope this changes for jessie-lts.
There have been inquiries about updated nvidia-graphics-modules for
(old)oldstable on the mailing list ...
Andreas
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