Bug#827391: nvidia-driver: Add support to Nvidia GeForce 10xx GPUs w/ driver 367.27

hikaru.debian at web.de hikaru.debian at web.de
Sat Jul 9 20:55:43 UTC 2016


Dear Luca,

> Meanwhile, you can build the package from our SVN repositories following
> the instructions on the wiki:
> 
> https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Building_newer_releases_from_SVN

I followed the instructions to the letter on Jessie, with the tar patch and
without it (but tar from Stretch), and successfully built a bunch of packages.

However, when trying to install the packages, I get errors like this one:

> dpkg: error processing archive nvidia-driver_367.27-1_i386.deb (--install):
>  trying to overwrite '/DEBIAN/control', which is also in package nvidia-legacy-check 367.27-1

nvidia-legacy-check 367.27-1 was already installed at that time.
I suspect this problem may have to do with the fact, that all the files in the
packages seem to be present multiple times.

For example (note the duplicates):

# dpkg -c nvidia-driver-bin_367.27-1_i386.deb 
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/lib/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/lib/nvidia/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/lib/nvidia/current/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root     23697 2016-06-10 04:51 ./usr/lib/nvidia/current/nvidia-bug-report.sh
-rwxr-xr-x root/root    182172 2016-06-10 04:27 ./usr/lib/nvidia/current/nvidia-debugdump
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/lintian/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/lintian/overrides/
-rw-r--r-- root/root       301 2016-07-09 19:52 ./usr/share/lintian/overrides/nvidia-driver-bin
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/nvidia/
-rw-r--r-- root/root      5225 2016-06-10 03:28 ./usr/share/nvidia/nvidia-application-profiles-367.27-rc
-rw-r--r-- root/root      6041 2016-06-10 03:28 ./usr/share/nvidia/nvidia-application-profiles-367.27-key-documentation
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/doc/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-bin/
-rw-r--r-- root/root     67033 2016-06-10 03:23 ./usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-bin/changelog.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root     10859 2016-02-01 19:58 ./usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-bin/copyright
-rw-r--r-- root/root     82986 2016-06-15 19:20 ./usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-bin/changelog.Debian.gz
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/bug/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/bug/nvidia-driver-bin/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root      3100 2016-02-16 14:22 ./usr/share/bug/nvidia-driver-bin/script
-rw-r--r-- root/root       785 2016-07-09 19:52 ./usr/share/bug/nvidia-driver-bin/control
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:54 ./DEBIAN/
-rw-r--r-- root/root       864 2016-07-09 19:54 ./DEBIAN/control
-rw-r--r-- root/root       813 2016-07-09 19:54 ./DEBIAN/md5sums
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/lib/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/lib/nvidia/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/lib/nvidia/current/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root     23697 2016-06-10 04:51 ./usr/lib/nvidia/current/nvidia-bug-report.sh
-rwxr-xr-x root/root    182172 2016-06-10 04:27 ./usr/lib/nvidia/current/nvidia-debugdump
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/lintian/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/lintian/overrides/
-rw-r--r-- root/root       301 2016-07-09 19:52 ./usr/share/lintian/overrides/nvidia-driver-bin
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/nvidia/
-rw-r--r-- root/root      5225 2016-06-10 03:28 ./usr/share/nvidia/nvidia-application-profiles-367.27-rc
-rw-r--r-- root/root      6041 2016-06-10 03:28 ./usr/share/nvidia/nvidia-application-profiles-367.27-key-documentation
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/doc/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-bin/
-rw-r--r-- root/root     67033 2016-06-10 03:23 ./usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-bin/changelog.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root     10859 2016-02-01 19:58 ./usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-bin/copyright
-rw-r--r-- root/root     82986 2016-06-15 19:20 ./usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-bin/changelog.Debian.gz
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/bug/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/bug/nvidia-driver-bin/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root      3100 2016-02-16 14:22 ./usr/share/bug/nvidia-driver-bin/script
-rw-r--r-- root/root       785 2016-07-09 19:52 ./usr/share/bug/nvidia-driver-bin/control
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/lib/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/lib/nvidia/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/lib/nvidia/current/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root     23697 2016-06-10 04:51 ./usr/lib/nvidia/current/nvidia-bug-report.sh
-rwxr-xr-x root/root    182172 2016-06-10 04:27 ./usr/lib/nvidia/current/nvidia-debugdump
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/lib/nvidia/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/lib/nvidia/current/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root     23697 2016-06-10 04:51 ./usr/lib/nvidia/current/nvidia-bug-report.sh
-rwxr-xr-x root/root    182172 2016-06-10 04:27 ./usr/lib/nvidia/current/nvidia-debugdump
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/lib/nvidia/current/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root     23697 2016-06-10 04:51 ./usr/lib/nvidia/current/nvidia-bug-report.sh
-rwxr-xr-x root/root    182172 2016-06-10 04:27 ./usr/lib/nvidia/current/nvidia-debugdump
-rwxr-xr-x root/root     23697 2016-06-10 04:51 ./usr/lib/nvidia/current/nvidia-bug-report.sh
-rwxr-xr-x root/root    182172 2016-06-10 04:27 ./usr/lib/nvidia/current/nvidia-debugdump
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/lintian/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/lintian/overrides/
-rw-r--r-- root/root       301 2016-07-09 19:52 ./usr/share/lintian/overrides/nvidia-driver-bin
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/nvidia/
-rw-r--r-- root/root      5225 2016-06-10 03:28 ./usr/share/nvidia/nvidia-application-profiles-367.27-rc
-rw-r--r-- root/root      6041 2016-06-10 03:28 ./usr/share/nvidia/nvidia-application-profiles-367.27-key-documentation
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/doc/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-bin/
-rw-r--r-- root/root     67033 2016-06-10 03:23 ./usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-bin/changelog.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root     10859 2016-02-01 19:58 ./usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-bin/copyright
-rw-r--r-- root/root     82986 2016-06-15 19:20 ./usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-bin/changelog.Debian.gz
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/bug/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/bug/nvidia-driver-bin/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root      3100 2016-02-16 14:22 ./usr/share/bug/nvidia-driver-bin/script
-rw-r--r-- root/root       785 2016-07-09 19:52 ./usr/share/bug/nvidia-driver-bin/control
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/lintian/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/lintian/overrides/
-rw-r--r-- root/root       301 2016-07-09 19:52 ./usr/share/lintian/overrides/nvidia-driver-bin
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/lintian/overrides/
-rw-r--r-- root/root       301 2016-07-09 19:52 ./usr/share/lintian/overrides/nvidia-driver-bin
-rw-r--r-- root/root       301 2016-07-09 19:52 ./usr/share/lintian/overrides/nvidia-driver-bin
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/nvidia/
-rw-r--r-- root/root      5225 2016-06-10 03:28 ./usr/share/nvidia/nvidia-application-profiles-367.27-rc
-rw-r--r-- root/root      6041 2016-06-10 03:28 ./usr/share/nvidia/nvidia-application-profiles-367.27-key-documentation
-rw-r--r-- root/root      5225 2016-06-10 03:28 ./usr/share/nvidia/nvidia-application-profiles-367.27-rc
-rw-r--r-- root/root      6041 2016-06-10 03:28 ./usr/share/nvidia/nvidia-application-profiles-367.27-key-documentation
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/doc/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-bin/
-rw-r--r-- root/root     67033 2016-06-10 03:23 ./usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-bin/changelog.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root     10859 2016-02-01 19:58 ./usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-bin/copyright
-rw-r--r-- root/root     82986 2016-06-15 19:20 ./usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-bin/changelog.Debian.gz
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-bin/
-rw-r--r-- root/root     67033 2016-06-10 03:23 ./usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-bin/changelog.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root     10859 2016-02-01 19:58 ./usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-bin/copyright
-rw-r--r-- root/root     82986 2016-06-15 19:20 ./usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-bin/changelog.Debian.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root     67033 2016-06-10 03:23 ./usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-bin/changelog.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root     10859 2016-02-01 19:58 ./usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-bin/copyright
-rw-r--r-- root/root     82986 2016-06-15 19:20 ./usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-bin/changelog.Debian.gz
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/bug/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/bug/nvidia-driver-bin/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root      3100 2016-02-16 14:22 ./usr/share/bug/nvidia-driver-bin/script
-rw-r--r-- root/root       785 2016-07-09 19:52 ./usr/share/bug/nvidia-driver-bin/control
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2016-07-09 19:53 ./usr/share/bug/nvidia-driver-bin/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root      3100 2016-02-16 14:22 ./usr/share/bug/nvidia-driver-bin/script
-rw-r--r-- root/root       785 2016-07-09 19:52 ./usr/share/bug/nvidia-driver-bin/control
-rwxr-xr-x root/root      3100 2016-02-16 14:22 ./usr/share/bug/nvidia-driver-bin/script
-rw-r--r-- root/root       785 2016-07-09 19:52 ./usr/share/bug/nvidia-driver-bin/control

file-roller even shows duplicates of DEBIAN/control and DEBIAN/md5sums, which
might be the reason, dpkg is complaining.
In other packages I see up to six identical copies of all files. Sometimes they
all have the same correct timestamp, sometimes one of them is from 1970-01-01.

Is there something missing in the instructions?


kind regards
hikaru



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