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Bug#572717: libgl1-mesa-dri: do not depend on libdrm-radeon1



Package: libgl1-mesa-dri
Version: 7.7-4
Severity: normal

apparently ati has gained some popularity again lately, but i don't
think it justifies to make a non-chip specific package depend on a
particular chip's (family) lib.
while it is a nuisance on any normal pc, it is a no-go on limited
devices like the freerunner.

in my experience it has become a real pest lately that a lot of
packages define unnecessary dependencies because "it doesn't matter
with today's computers" -- but it does matter and even more with a
distribution that attempts to be available on a plethora of devices, not
all having abundant memory, disk space or cpu.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32.3 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages libgl1-mesa-dri depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.10.2-6   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libdrm-intel1                 2.4.18-2   Userspace interface to intel-speci
ii  libdrm-radeon1                2.4.18-2   Userspace interface to radeon-spec
ii  libdrm2                       2.4.18-2   Userspace interface to kernel DRM 
ii  libexpat1                     2.0.1-7    XML parsing C library - runtime li

libgl1-mesa-dri recommends no packages.

Versions of packages libgl1-mesa-dri suggests:
pn  libglide3                     <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information



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