[pkg-nvidia-devel] Bug#299587: closed by Andreas Beckmann <debian at abeckmann.de> (Re: nvidia-kernel-source: Example install code in README wastes user effort, and can be improved.)

[A. Costa]

On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:15:05 +0000
owner at bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) wrote:

> The module building support was enhanced over time, last big revision
> was in 195.36.24-1 when DKMS support was added. The README was
> updated accordingly, so I assume the complicated instructions
> suggested here no longer apply and I'm closing this report now.

For the record that 2005 patch made sense at the time, it was cobbled
together from various then-current FAQs, and worked then.  I don't
agree it was a complex patch.  You're probably right about the
instructions not applying in 2010, but it's rather bold to assume a
seemingly probable hypothesis -- a maintainer should know his package
enough to be sure about what applies and what doesn't.  

Alas, I'm not up on 'nvidia-kernel-source' circa 2010.  I've switched to
'xserver-xorg-video-nouveau', and hope to see 3d someday.  Good luck on
the proprietary end...