Package: nvidia-glx
Severity: important
On my fathers system(debian sarge / testing) i encountered some rather evil
behavior of the
nvidia-glx package init scripts:
Because the nvidia package was not yet in version 2.4.27-2-xxx i had to
manually download and install the nvidia drivers. Version 6629 (or
something like that).
Now everything worked fine until next reboot. Then the manual driver
installation was broken. I figured out, it was the nvidia-glx init
script, "reinstating" the package version TLS links (which did not work
....). Well, i removed the package (no purge though). After renewed
install of the nvidia drives and reboot of the system, i was surprised
seeing now the nvidia-glx init script to remove all the TLS stuff.
I had to manually remove the init script.
I don't know why the init script has been created as is. I guess there
are good reasons. On the other hand, It's should never "override"
actions potentially made by the user itself deliberately. Absolutely no
understanding i have for the not removed init script. Init Scripts are,
(and have never been) config files, they have to go, if the package goes
!.
cheers
jan
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1 (bug is not on my system)
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
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