On Sun, Sep 07, 2008 at 10:43:34PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > > As a workaround, I'd just purge xserver-xorg and be done with it. > > But xserver-xorg-core depends on it for some reason. The reason seems > > to be http://bugs.debian.org/392295 Surely this could have been fixed > > by putting that part of code into the xserver-xorg-core package instead > > of creating a dependency which is circular? > > Apparently this is discussed in http://bugs.debian.org/362313 > and there's also http://bugs.debian.org/396613 > > I don't seem to see any reason for all that $SERVER_SYMLINK code. Why do we > still have shared/default-x-server debconf stuff if xserver-xfree86 has been > removed from lenny? > > And even so, wouldn't it be wiser to (also) handle that symlink in > the xserver-xorg-core package which actually provides the > /usr/bin/Xorg binary the link points to, rather than the meta package?
The Lintian laboratory on l.d.o can't find me any other packages' postinsts referencing shared/default-x-server. And xserver-xfree86 was actually a transitional package in etch already. So I have no idea why this whole complication exists in there. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]