reassign 527124 xserver-xorg retitle 527124 Please use unversioned dependency for console-setup thanks
On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 08:28:11PM +0200, Szymon Janc wrote: > > when trying to install: > athlon:~# apt-get install console-setup-mini > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > The following packages will be REMOVED: > console-setup console-terminus xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core This was because xserver-xorg used versioned dependency on console-setup (>1.29). I think it is safe to use unversioned dependency because even the oldest versions of console-setup used the same syntax for its configuration file and had all features X needs. The only important feature that 1.29 adds is that it reads xorg.conf for defaults when the package is installed for first time. However: 1. If an upgrade of console-setup is forced because of the dependency of xserver-xorg, the new console-setup will not use xorg.conf because it already has configuration file. 2. If the upgrade of xserver-xorg forces new installation of console-setup then the new version will come from the same version of Debian as xserver-xorg so this will be new console-setup. 3. Even if we suppose that some Debian-derived distribution combines the new xserver-xorg with old console-setup, nothing bad will happen - console-setup will simply ask the user for their keyboard and build proper configuration file. Anton Zinoviev -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
