more detail on xorg-video-abi-8.0 vs xorg-video-abi-8 xserver-xorg-core 2:1.9.4-1 Provides both of them, but 2:1.9.4-2 Provides only xorg-video-abi-8:
Package: xserver-xorg-core Version: 2:1.9.4-1 Provides: xorg-input-abi-11, xorg-input-abi-11.0, xorg-video-abi-8, xorg-video-abi-8.0 Package: xserver-xorg-core Version: 2:1.9.4-2 Provides: xorg-input-abi-11, xorg-video-abi-8 nvidia-glx 260.19.21-1 depends on xorg-video-abi-8.0: Package: nvidia-glx Version: 260.19.21-1 Depends: libgl1-nvidia-glx (= 260.19.21-1), libglx-nvidia-alternatives, nvidia-kernel-260.19.21, xorg-video-abi-8.0 | xorg-video-abi-6.0 | xserver-xorg-core (<< 2:1.7.7), libc6 (>= 2.2.5) Conflicts: fglrx-driver, nvidia-glx, nvidia-glx-legacy, nvidia-glx-legacy-173xx, nvidia-glx-legacy-71xx, nvidia-glx-legacy-96xx so attempting to upgrade xserver-xorg-core to 1.9.4-2 fails to provide nvidia-glx's required dependancies. not sure if this bug belongs to nvidia-glx or xserver-xorg-core, but the solution requires co-ordination between the two packages. craig PS: why does nvidia-glx conflict with itself in the Conflicts: line above? i know it's been in the package since at least 195.36.31 without causing problems, but it seems an odd conflict to have. 'aptitude why-not nvidia-glx' says that that is the problem (it's wrong, the problem is the missing dependancy xorg-video-abi-8.0). # aptitude why-not nvidia-glx ih nvidia-glx Conflicts nvidia-glx -- craig sanders <c...@taz.net.au> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org