kernel + xorg + nvidia

[Patryk Zawadzki]

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 1:06 AM, Elan Ruusamäe <glen at delfi.ee> wrote:
> what we want? integrity or what? if you want to use custom kernel.config, then
> kernel.spec on LINUX_2_6 offers that. you can't control things that are
> outside package management. and trying to do it half-way you break packages
> that are not originated from main line distros (th doesn't have
> kernel-desktop on ftp, but it provides upgrade for nvidia userspace).
>
> while accounting for the non-rpm based kernels, %{with dist_kernel} having the
> versioned dependency (while it really doesn't matter if it's strict NVR based
> one), it doesn't "break" so much, while providing a little consistency that
> the poldek --upgrade-dist doesn't leave with kernel/userspace abi mismatch.
>
> oh and it's so cool that with last poldek --upgrade-dist on th-system, it
> broke my networkmanager and x11, i can't use my laptop anymore... and i have
> to fight here to get some integrity in package upgrades, when figured out
> what broke the system, so cool, so fun!

Not to mention that adding such dep (even if only for dist_kernel
builds) prevents people with _custom_ kernels from breaking their
machines by upgrading to a distro-shipped nvidia package.

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Patryk Zawadzki