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Bug#338715: xserver-xorg: file conflict with nvidia-glx



reassign 338715 nvidia-glx
kthxbye

On Sat, Nov 12, 2005 at 02:17:17AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> The xserver-xorg package in experimental can't be installed on a system
> where nvidia-glx is also installed:
> 
> # dpkg -i ../xserver-xorg_6.8.99.901.dfsg.1-2.1_i386.deb
> (Reading database ... 126792 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace xserver-xorg 6.8.2.dfsg.1-10 (using .../xserver-xorg_6.8.99.901.dfsg.1-2.1_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement xserver-xorg ...
> dpkg: error processing ../xserver-xorg_6.8.99.901.dfsg.1-2.1_i386.deb (--install):
>  trying to overwrite /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so', which is also in package nvidia-glx
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> 
> Please add the necessary conflicts or replaces or whatever happens to be
> appropriate in this case.

Obviously, this is nvidia-glx's problem, not xorg's.

> While you're at it, this:
> 
>  Package: xdmx
>  Version: 6.8.99.901.dfsg.1-2.1
>  Section: x11
>  Priority: optional
>  Architecture: i386
>  Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1), libfreetype6 (>= 2.1.5-1), libice6, libsm6, libxau6, libxaw8, libxdmcp6, libxext6, libxi6, libxmu6, libxp6, libxpm4, libxrender1 (>> 1:0.9.0-1), libxt6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1)
>  Conflicts: xserver-xorg (<= 6.8.1-0.2)
>  Replaces: xserver-xorg (<= 6.8.1-0.2)
> 
> should almost certainly be a Replaces *without* a Conflicts.  The Conflicts
> is only warranted if replacing the corresponding files from xserver-xorg
> causes xserver-xorg to not work correctly in some way.

Both of these can be removed; 6.8.1-0.x was purely internal testing.

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