Package: libdrm-intel1 Version: 2.4.20-2 Severity: normal I see that there are a bunch of libdrm packages installed on my system: ii libdrm-dev 2.4.20-2 Userspace interface to kernel DRM services - ii libdrm-intel1 2.4.20-2 Userspace interface to intel-specific kernel ii libdrm-nouveau1 2.4.20-2 Userspace interface to nouveau-specific kern ii libdrm-radeon1 2.4.20-2 Userspace interface to radeon-specific kerne ii libdrm2 2.4.20-2 Userspace interface to kernel DRM services -
How nice, I can keep only the drm package I need for my card and remove the rest, right? That is why they were split into separate packages in the first place, right? Wrong. I have a radeon card, so I try removing libdrm-intel1. # apt-get remove libdrm-intel1 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: libdrm-dev libdrm-intel1 libgl1-mesa-dri xorg xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-intel That didn't go well. # apt-get remove libdrm-nouveau1 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: libdrm-dev libdrm-nouveau1 xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-nouveau This is a bit better, but it still wants to remove the -dev package. To sum up: the libdrm-* split is useless: you can't remove one package without removing all the other, so why split them up in the first place? Please either make these packages individually installable/removable, or create just 1 libdrm package and don't split it into 3 different packages. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.35-rc3-00001-g6bdebf9 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages libdrm-intel1 depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libdrm2 2.4.20-2 Userspace interface to kernel DRM libdrm-intel1 recommends no packages. libdrm-intel1 suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100714142513.3015.89611.report...@localhost