Bug#688775: nvidia-graphics-drivers: upgrade of nvidia graphics driver wants to install unnecessary packages

[Uwe Storbeck]

Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers
Version: 304.48-1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

the upgrade of the nvidia graphics drivers on wheezy (from version
302.17-3 to 304.48-1) tries to install more than 50 MB of new,
unnecessary packages:

# aptitude dist-upgrade
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  dkms{a} [2.2.0.3-1.1] <+347 kB>  
  linux-headers-3.2.0-3-686-pae{a} [3.2.23-1] <+9,137 kB>  
  linux-headers-3.2.0-3-common{a} [3.2.23-1] <+17.9 MB>  
  linux-headers-686-pae{a} [3.2+45] <+28.7 kB>  
  linux-kbuild-3.2{a} [3.2.17-1] <+660 kB>  
  nvidia-kernel-dkms{a} [304.48-1] <+27.4 MB>  
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libgl1-nvidia-alternatives [302.17-3 -> 304.48-1] <+6,144 B>  
  libgl1-nvidia-glx [302.17-3 -> 304.48-1] <+313 kB>  
  libglx-nvidia-alternatives [302.17-3 -> 304.48-1] <+6,144 B>  
  libnvidia-ml1 [302.17-3 -> 304.48-1] <+135 kB>  
  libxnvctrl0 [302.17-2 -> 304.48-1] <+1,024 B>  
  nvidia-alternative [302.17-3 -> 304.48-1] <+7,168 B>  
  nvidia-glx [302.17-3 -> 304.48-1] <+26.6 kB>  
  nvidia-settings [302.17-2 -> 304.48-1] <+1,024 B>  
  nvidia-smi [302.17-3 -> 304.48-1] <+27.6 kB>  
  nvidia-vdpau-driver [302.17-3 -> 304.48-1] <+67.6 kB>  
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia [302.17-3 -> 304.48-1] <-195 kB>  
11 packages upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/22.3 MB of archives. After unpacking 55.8 MB will be used.


Same with apt-get:

# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
   dkms (2.2.0.3-1.1)
   linux-headers-3.2.0-3-686-pae (3.2.23-1)
   linux-headers-3.2.0-3-common (3.2.23-1)
   linux-headers-686-pae (3.2+45)
   linux-kbuild-3.2 (3.2.17-1)
   nvidia-kernel-dkms (304.48-1)
The following packages have been kept back:
   hpodder (1.1.5.0+nmu2 => 1.1.5.0+nmu3)
The following packages will be upgraded:
   libgl1-nvidia-alternatives (302.17-3 => 304.48-1)
   libgl1-nvidia-glx (302.17-3 => 304.48-1)
   libglx-nvidia-alternatives (302.17-3 => 304.48-1)
   libnvidia-ml1 (302.17-3 => 304.48-1)
   libxnvctrl0 (302.17-2 => 304.48-1)
   nvidia-alternative (302.17-3 => 304.48-1)
   nvidia-glx (302.17-3 => 304.48-1)
   nvidia-settings (302.17-2 => 304.48-1)
   nvidia-smi (302.17-3 => 304.48-1)
   nvidia-vdpau-driver (302.17-3 => 304.48-1)
   xserver-xorg-video-nvidia (302.17-3 => 304.48-1)
11 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/22.3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 55.8 MB of additional disk space will be used.


I guess the problem is that the new nvidia-kernel-amd64 package
has not been migrated to wheezy yet:

# apt-cache policy nvidia-kernel-amd64
nvidia-kernel-amd64:
  Installed: 302.17+2
  Candidate: 302.17+2
  Version table:
     304.48+1 0
        650 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid/non-free i386 Packages
 *** 302.17+2 0
        750 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/non-free i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status


Please make sure that the nvidia graphics driver packages always get
migrated together, not separately.

Regards,

Uwe


-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (750, 'testing'), (650, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash