A short fglrx FAQ
- Why doesn't the driver package depend on the kernel module package?
- The driver can't depend on the kernel module but only recommend it,
otherwise you can't install the driver until you have the kernel module
package ready and deployed in a place where apt can find it;
the latter is a nontrivial problem by itself.
Also, technically the driver does not actually depend on the kernel module,
as it works fine without (but with no 3D acceleration of course).
- Why doesn't the driver package provide the “libgl1” virtual package,
instead of diverting
/usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1 away?
- Because the fglrx driver doesn't provide full development headers and libraries.
By just diverting away libGL, you are able to install, for example,
the
xlibmesa-gl and xlibmesa-gl-dev packages.
- Why doesn't the driver package alter the XFree86/X.Org configuration?
- I'm reluctant to do so, for fear of breaking the existing XFree86/X.Org configuration.
- The driver package triggers a lintian error, ldconfig-symlink-missing-for-shlib.
Can you fix it?
- Yes, but I would also have to divert the symlink “libGL.so.1” in addition
to the actual library “libGL.so.1.2” and I'm not sure this makes sense.
I believe that the call to
ldconfig in the postinst,
automatically added by dh_shlibdeps, is enough.
[also note that the official Debian packages have this problem fixed now]
$Id: fglrx-faq.gtml,v 1.4 2006/09/18 22:54:54 flavio Exp $
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