Re: nvidia-glx package

[Geoffrey Romer <gromer@hmc.edu>]

> I downloaded and compiled nvidia-glx-src (1.0.1251-2) and nvidia-kernel-src 
> (1.0.1251-2). When I installed the nvidia-glx_1.0.1251-2_i386.deb I got the 
> following message:
> 
> ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.dpkg-devert.tmp is too small, not checked.
> ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2.dpkg-devert.tmp is too small, not 
> checked.
> 
> This is repeated everytime ldconfig is run. So, what's the reason for this 
> (why is this *.dpkg-devert.tmp file generated)? Is this a bug of the package 
> or am I doing anything wrong?

This is a bug in the package- if you look at the files ldconfig is complaining
about, you will see that they are size 0. They can be safely deleted, and
ldconfig will stop complaining.

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Geoffrey M. Romer
gromer@hmc.edu
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