Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers Version: 190.42-1 Severity: normal Tags: patch
The source package wastes several megabytes of bandwith and disk space by using the -pkg2.run file for the 64-bit driver, which includes prebuilt modules that are not used at all. It should use the -pkg0.run file like it is done for the i386 version. It would be nice if you could fix this when packaging the next upstream release. Here is patch that should be sufficient: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- --- debian/upstream_info~ 2009-11-16 12:52:39.000000000 +0100 +++ debian/upstream_info 2009-11-16 13:12:14.288010547 +0100 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if [ "$DEB_BUILD_ARCH" = "amd64" ] ; then BASE_URL=ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/${RELEASE} - DIRNAME=NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-${RELEASE}-pkg2 + DIRNAME=NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-${RELEASE}-pkg0 # change this on next version release FILENAME=$DIRNAME.run elif [ "$DEB_BUILD_ARCH" = "i386" ] ; then @@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ exit 1 fi FILENAME_X86=NVIDIA-Linux-x86-${RELEASE}-pkg0.run -FILENAME_X86_64=NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-${RELEASE}-pkg2.run +FILENAME_X86_64=NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-${RELEASE}-pkg0.run DIRNAME_X86=NVIDIA-Linux-x86-${RELEASE}-pkg0 -DIRNAME_X86_64=NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-${RELEASE}-pkg2 +DIRNAME_X86_64=NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-${RELEASE}-pkg0 VERSION=${RELEASE} UPSTREAMVERSION=${RELEASE} --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.31.6-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org