Package: fglrx-legacy-driver (8.97.100.7-5) Error type: unmet dependencies Concerned Debian version: Sid/Unstable
Full description: Package fglrx-legacy-driver (8.97.100.7-5) cannot be installed due to unmet dependencies. The package requires any of the following virtual packages: xorg-video-abi-6.0 xorg-video-abi-8 xorg-video-abi-10 xorg-video-abi-11 xorg-video-abi-12 xorg-video-abi-12 is provided ONLY by xorg-xserver-core (2:1.12.4-6+deb7u6) in Wheezy repositories, but oddly not by xorg-xserver-core (2:1.16.4-1) in Sid repositories. An older version of the faulty package in question: fglrx-legacy-driver (8.97.100.7-3~bpo70+1) is available in Wheezy-backports and can be safely installed on Wheezy (confirmed to work properly). Proposed solutions: I would suggest the following (mutually exclusive) alternatives: 1. Remove package fglrx-legacy-driver (8.97.100.7-5) and ATI legacy driver related dependencies (*fglrx-legacy*) from Sid repositories so that users are not misled into breaking their setups. 2. Provide the Sid package xorg-xserver-core (2:1.16.4-1) with the virtual package xorg-video-abi-12 or point fglrx-legacy-driver (8.97.100.7-5) that xorg-xserver-core (2:1.16.4-1) contains the mentioned virtual package. 3. Rename package xorg-xserver-core (2:1.12.4-6+deb7u6) to xorg-xserver-core-legacy (2:1.12.4-6+deb7u6), introduce that package to Sid repositories and set up a dependency chain including fglrx-legacy-driver (8.97.100.7-5). As it is right now fglrx-legacy-driver cannot be installed successfully under Sid/Unstable and xorg-xserver-core versions above 1.12 are incompatible with this package. I am aware that this problem has been reported in the past, but it was abandoned due to lack of upstream response (ATI) and no fix/workaround was provided. Regards, Andrzej
