[pkg-nvidia-devel] r977 - in /packages/nvidia-graphics-drivers/trunk/debian: changelog nvidia-glx-ia32.links.in nvidia-glx-ia32.lintian-overrides.in nvidia-glx.links.in nvidia-glx.lintian-overrides.in

[Russ Allbery]

Andreas Beckmann <debian at abeckmann.de> writes:

> I'm even considering adding a dependency on libgl1-mesa-glx to
> nvidia-glx. While this library is not used, it would limit the amount of
> possible OpenGL package combinations:

> * none
> * MESA libs
> * MESA libs + MESA devel
> * NVIDIA libs + MESA libs
> * NVIDIA libs + MESA libs + MESA devel
> * NVIDIA libs + MESA libs + NVIDIA devel + MESA devel

I'm not sure I understand the benefit of limiting the number of
combinations.

> Also installing any package containing something linked against libGL.so
> already automatically pulls libgl1-mesa-glx because of the libgl1
> dependency.

> What do you think?
> Closes: #389971: nvidia-glx: nvidia-glx to provide libgl1
> (nvidia-glx would "indirectly" provide libgl1 by depending on it)

It seems like a somewhat artificial dependency, since the NVIDIA code
doesn't require that package, and would pull in a package unused by people
who aren't running any GL code.  I don't think it addresses the core issue
in that bug, either; that user wanted to have only nvidia-glx installed
without having to also install libgl1.  So it goes sort of the opposite
direction as that bug requests.

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Russ Allbery (rra at debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>