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Re: Bug#362313: xserver-xorg dependency hell



On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 07:50:21PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 18:57 +0200, allomber@math.u-bordeaux.fr wrote:
> > 
> > xserver-xorg-core -> xserver-xorg-video-all -> xserver-xorg-video-apm -> xserver-xorg-core
> > 
> > and 
> > 
> > xserver-xorg-core -> xserver-xorg-input-all -> xserver-xorg-input-evdev -> xserver-xorg-core
> 
> Note that the -all links are really redundant, as every individual
> driver can satisfy the xserver-xorg-core dependency on its own.
> 
> Do you have a better suggestion, given that the server requires at least
> one video and input driver and that the drivers aren't useful without
> the server?

BTW, several drivers (xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion, for example) reached
testing because they do not declare dependency on xserver-xorg-core.



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