[pkg-nvidia-devel] Bug#550587: [nvidia-glx] Purging the package could break X-server

[Michael Tuschik]

Package: nvidia-glx
Version: 173.14.09-5
Severity: important

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I've removed the nvidia-glx package and installed the new nvidia-glx-legacy-173xx package from unstable.
After that purging the nvidia-glx will break the X-server because it removes /usr/lib/libGL.so and then
it fails on removing diversions. I solved this by changing the postrm-script to

case "$1" in
    purge)
        ;;
    remove)
        # remove file created by init script
        rm /usr/lib/libGL.so || true

After that i could purge the nvidia-glx package and reinstalled the legacy-package.

Greets
Michael

--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel:       Linux 2.6.26

Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  900 testing         nostromo 
  900 testing         http.us.debian.org 
  500 stable          nostromo 
  500 stable          deb.opera.com 
  500 hardy           nostromo 
   50 unstable        nostromo 
    1 experimental    nostromo 

--- Package information. ---
Depends                        (Version) | Installed
========================================-+-=============
nvidia-kernel-173.14.09                  | 
x11-common                  (>= 1:7.0.0) | 1:7.4+4
libc6                         (>= 2.7-1) | 2.9-25
libgcc1                     (>= 1:4.1.1) | 1:4.4.1-4
libx11-6                                 | 2:1.2.2-1
libxext6                                 | 2:1.0.4-1
xlibmesa-gl                              | 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6
 OR libgl1                               | 
zlib1g                      (>= 1:1.1.4) | 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15


Package's Recommends field is empty.

Suggests                      (Version) | Installed
=======================================-+-===============
nvidia-settings                         | 185.18.31-1
nvidia-kernel-source     (>= 173.14.09) | 173.14.09-5