Bug#327690: xserver-xorg-dbg: package structure botched
retitle 327690 breaks /etc/X11/X symlink
thanks
On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 17:17 +0200, David Schmitt wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-dbg
> Version: 6.8.99.900.dfsg.1-0pre1
> Severity: grave
> Tags: experimental
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
> Dear XSF!
>
> It seems that there was a minor glitch when restructuring the new
> debugging xserver:
>
> zion:/etc/X11# l /etc/X11/X
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Sep 11 17:10 /etc/X11/X ->
> /usr/bin/X11/Xorg-debug
This is ineed an issue, xserver-xorg-dbg should no longer mess
with /etc/X11/X.
> zion:/etc/X11# dpkg -L xserver-xorg-dbg
> [...]
> /usr/lib/debug/usr/X11R6
> /usr/lib/debug/usr/X11R6/lib
> /usr/lib/debug/usr/X11R6/lib/modules
> /usr/lib/debug/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libafb.so
> /usr/lib/debug/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libcfb.so
> [everything else also under /usr/lib/debug]
>
>
> Which makes the whole thing quite unusable :-)
How so? xserver-xorg-dbg longer provides full X server modules but just
the debugging information to be picked up by gdb. Does this not work?
> Versions of packages xserver-xorg-dbg recommends:
> ii discover1 1.7.13 hardware identification system
> ii laptop-detect 0.12.1 attempt to detect a laptop
> ii mdetect 0.5.2 mouse device autodetection tool
> ii xlibs 6.8.99.900.dfsg.1-0pre1 X Window System client libraries m
> ii xresprobe 0.4.18-1 X Resolution Probe
> ii xserver-xorg 6.8.99.900.dfsg.1-0pre1 the X.Org X server
> ii xserver-xorg-dbg 6.8.99.900.dfsg.1-0pre1 the X.Org X server (static version
xserver-xorg-dbg should also really depend on xserver-xorg instead of
just recommending it though.
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