Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers Version: 169.12-1 Severity: normal Hi,
obviously, the n-g-d source package has a mechanism to apply patches to the driver. When I tried using this mechanism to apply the patch from http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=110088 to enable myself to use kernel 2.6.25 on my only nvidia box, I found out that the mechanism is currently disabled (by virtue of "if false && ..." in debian/rules) and thus the patch that is already in debian/patches is not enabled. Neither the comments in debian/rules nor debian/changelog gives a rationale why the mechanism was disabled and whether it hurts to not having the patch that is in the patches directory applied. Please, * add more documentation to the source package * do not disable mechanisms that are obvious to use * if you don't want a patch applied, remove it from the patches subdir The way the package is arranged at the moment is misleading for third parties wanting to apply patches. Greetings Marc -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.25.1-scyw00225 (PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]