[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#783643: Unmet dependencies in package fglrx-legacy-driver [Sid]

[Andrzej Bylicki]

Package: fglrx-legacy-driver (8.97.100.7-5)
Error type: unmet dependencies
Concerned Debian version: Sid/Unstable

Full description:
Package fglrx-legacy-driver (8.97.100.7-5) cannot be installed due to unmet
dependencies. The package requires any of the following virtual packages:
xorg-video-abi-6.0
xorg-video-abi-8
xorg-video-abi-10
xorg-video-abi-11
xorg-video-abi-12

xorg-video-abi-12 is provided ONLY by xorg-xserver-core (2:1.12.4-6+deb7u6)
in Wheezy repositories, but oddly not by xorg-xserver-core (2:1.16.4-1) in
Sid repositories. An older version of the faulty package in question:
fglrx-legacy-driver (8.97.100.7-3~bpo70+1) is available in Wheezy-backports
and can be safely installed on Wheezy (confirmed to work properly).

Proposed solutions:
I would suggest the following (mutually exclusive) alternatives:
1. Remove package fglrx-legacy-driver (8.97.100.7-5) and ATI legacy driver
related dependencies (*fglrx-legacy*) from Sid repositories so that users
are not misled into breaking their setups.

2. Provide the Sid package xorg-xserver-core (2:1.16.4-1) with the virtual
package xorg-video-abi-12 or point fglrx-legacy-driver (8.97.100.7-5) that
xorg-xserver-core (2:1.16.4-1) contains the mentioned virtual package.

3. Rename package xorg-xserver-core (2:1.12.4-6+deb7u6) to
xorg-xserver-core-legacy (2:1.12.4-6+deb7u6), introduce that package to Sid
repositories and set up a dependency chain including fglrx-legacy-driver
(8.97.100.7-5).

As it is right now fglrx-legacy-driver cannot be installed successfully
under Sid/Unstable and xorg-xserver-core versions above 1.12 are
incompatible with this package.

I am aware that this problem has been reported in the past, but it was
abandoned due to lack of upstream response (ATI) and no fix/workaround was
provided.

Regards,
Andrzej
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