Bug#684782: libgl1-nvidia-glx:amd64: Please add preferred package to "Recommends: nvidia-kernel-302.17"

[Ralf Jung]

Package: libgl1-nvidia-glx
Version: 302.17-3
Severity: wishlist

Dear Maintainer,

currently, doing "sudo aptitude install libgl1-nvidia-glx" on a new system
pulls in loads of unwanted stuff: Namely, the rt flavour of the linux kernel is
installed. I assume this is because of the Recommends: for the virtual package
nvidia-kernel-302.17, which does not give any preference, and aptitude doing a
strange choice here. When depending on a virtual package, it is common to
provide the preferred "provider" of this virtual package as first alternative
("Recommends: nvidia-kernel-dkms | nvidia-kernel-302.17"): apt-get and aptitude
will prefer that package, but not install it if something else providing this
package is already installed.
The same holds for the dependency on nvidia-kernel-302.17 in nvidia-glx.

While you are at it, please consider whether it is appropriate to make nvidia-
kernel-dkms "Multi-Arch: foreign", since currently resolving the dependencies
of libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386 on an amd64 system tries to pull in nvidia-kernel-
dkms:i386, which of course does not work.

Kind regards,
Ralf



-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages libgl1-nvidia-glx:amd64 depends on:
ii  libc6                     2.13-33
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.5.0-1
ii  libxext6                  2:1.3.1-2
ii  libxv1                    2:1.0.7-1
ii  libxvmc1                  2:1.0.7-1.1~local
ii  multiarch-support         2.13-33
ii  nvidia-alternative        302.17-3
ii  nvidia-installer-cleanup  20120630+1
ii  nvidia-support            20120630+1

Versions of packages libgl1-nvidia-glx:amd64 recommends:
ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms [nvidia-kernel-302.17]  302.17-3

Versions of packages libgl1-nvidia-glx:amd64 suggests:
ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms [nvidia-kernel-dkms]  302.17-3

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