Bug#802597: glx-diversion: glx-diversions outputs confusing messages and crete uneeded directory

[Eric Valette]

On 10/21/2015 05:18 PM, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> On 2015-10-21 15:53, Eric Valette wrote:
>> Why the hell does it gives impression that it creates arm link on x64 machine?
>> Why does it create uneeded directories?
> Since we cannot know which foreign architectures will be installed, too.
> The nvidia driver is available for amd64, i386 and armhf. Having foreign
> i386 on a amd64 host is quite common, so there is no point in managing
> the diversions separately. And the diversions have been very fragile
> before unifying them into one glx-diversions package.
I doubt you will run ARM code using a GPU on a x86 arch plus you do not 
create dangling symlink so you know what is installed. Installing nvidia 
binary later should eventually rerun glx-alternative but this is a 
différent story
> Also for glx-alternative-nvidia it is important to be sure all three
> architectures are in sync w.r.t. the diversions, since we want one
> alternative to manage all architectures.
I do not contest the goal, I contest the print on screen that makes 
people think it install danling links (which fortunately it does not) 
and also create uneeded files.

--eric