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Using equivs to override task-desktop dependency on xserver-xorg-video-all



    $ aptitude show xserver-xorg-video-all | grep -A 21 Depends
    Depends: xserver-xorg-video-apm, xserver-xorg-video-ark, xserver-xorg-video-ati,
             xserver-xorg-video-chips, xserver-xorg-video-cirrus,
             xserver-xorg-video-fbdev, xserver-xorg-video-i128,
             xserver-xorg-video-i740, xserver-xorg-video-intel,
             xserver-xorg-video-mga, xserver-xorg-video-neomagic,
             xserver-xorg-video-nouveau, xserver-xorg-video-openchrome,
             xserver-xorg-video-rendition, xserver-xorg-video-s3,
             xserver-xorg-video-s3virge, xserver-xorg-video-savage,
             xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion, xserver-xorg-video-sis,
             xserver-xorg-video-sisusb, xserver-xorg-video-tdfx,
             xserver-xorg-video-trident, xserver-xorg-video-tseng,
             xserver-xorg-video-vesa, xserver-xorg-video-voodoo,
             xserver-xorg-video-vmware
    Recommends: xserver-xorg-video-geode
    Conflicts: xserver-xorg-driver-all
    Replaces: xserver-xorg-driver-all
    Description: X.Org X server -- output driver metapackage
     This package depends on the full suite of output drivers for the X.Org X server
     (Xorg).  It does not provide any drivers itself, and may be removed if you wish
     to only have certain drivers installed.


  Following the description advise from above, I tried to install the
particular xserver-xorg-video that matches my hardware, and purge 
xserver-xorg-video-all.  Purging xserver-xorg-video-all tries to 
remove lot of packages.  Because of the following dependency:


    $ aptitude show task-desktop | grep -A1 Depends
    Depends: tasksel, xorg, xserver-xorg-video-all, xserver-xorg-input-all,
             desktop-base, menu


  Is craeting an equivs xserver-xorg-video-all package feasible, and
most simple solution?


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