Bug#461889: closed by Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org> (Re: Bug#461889: xserver-xorg-core: broken dependencies)

[Bernhard Kuemel <bernhard@bksys.at>]

Hi Brice!

Brice Goglin wrote:
> Hi Bernhard,
>
> There is no bug here.

Ahh, that's good to hear. I hope this means I can 'apt-get 
dist-upgrade' without having my xserver packages removed.

> You had the xserver-xorg-input-wacom package
> installed and it was preventing the upgrade from working properly.
>
> Yes, the dependencies in the X packages are complex, but they are
> needed to make sure people won't loose any package. They've been
> discussed and improved a lot already (and may well get simplified
> even more if the xserver-xorg package becomes completely useless).
> All this works fine as long as you don't have any borderline package
> such as wacom blocking things (it's not maintained by us, so it
> may be outdated sometimes).

I don't care about the xserver-xorg-input-wacom package, since I 
don't have a tablet. But I can't get rid of it:

So, what do you recommend me to do? I tried ...

b:/etc/apt# apt-get update

b:~# apt-get remove xserver-xorg-input-wacom

Will remove all (or most of) my xserver packages.

b:~# dpkg -r xserver-xorg-input-wacom
xserver-xorg-input-all depends on xserver-xorg-input-wacom.

b:~# dpkg -r xserver-xorg-input-all
 xserver-xorg depends on xserver-xorg-input-all | 
xserver-xorg-input; however:
  Package xserver-xorg-input-all is to be removed.
  Package xserver-xorg-input is not installed.

b:~# apt-get install xserver-xorg-input
Package xserver-xorg-input is a virtual package provided by:
  xserver-xorg-input-void 1:1.1.0-2
  xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse 12.4.0-2
  xserver-xorg-input-ur98 1:1.1.0-2
  xserver-xorg-input-tek4957 1:1.1.0-2
  xserver-xorg-input-summa 1:1.1.0-2
  xserver-xorg-input-spaceorb 1:1.1.0-2
  xserver-xorg-input-palmax 1:1.1.0-1
  xserver-xorg-input-mutouch 1:1.1.0-1
  xserver-xorg-input-magictouch 1:1.0.0.5-3
  xserver-xorg-input-magellan 1:1.1.0-1
  xserver-xorg-input-jamstudio 1:1.1.0-1
  xserver-xorg-input-hyperpen 1:1.1.0-1
  xserver-xorg-input-fpit 1:1.1.0-1
  xserver-xorg-input-elographics 1:1.1.0-1
  xserver-xorg-input-digitaledge 1:1.1.0-1
  xserver-xorg-input-aiptek 1:1.0.1-3
  xserver-xorg-input-acecad 1:1.2.0-1
You should explicitly select one to install.

b:~# apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-void
  xserver-xorg-input-void: Depends: xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.1.1) 
but it is not going to be installed

b:/etc/apt# apt-get install xserver-xorg-core
  xserver-xorg-core: Depends: xserver-xorg but it is not going to 
be installed

b:/etc/apt# apt-get install xserver-xorg
xserver-xorg is already the newest version.


What do you recommend me to do? If there is no solition, I suggest 
to call it a bug.


> cheers,
> Brice

Bernhard

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