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nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 package

modaliases package is free/trivial, but shipped in restricted

Bug #429153 reported by Matt Zimmerman
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Alberto Milone
nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Alberto Milone
nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Alberto Milone
nvidia-graphics-drivers-71 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Alberto Milone

Bug Description

I've noticed, as a result of the vrms meme on Planet Ubuntu, that many modaliases packages, used to simplify the installation of restricted drivers, are placed in the restricted section. These packages contain only the minimal data used to detect whether there is hardware present which is supported by the drivers, which is unrestricted. The fact that these packages are in restricted produces false positives when using tools like vrms.

The overrides seem to be correct, except for nvidia-71-modaliases, so the Packages file shows these packages in main. However, vrms uses the Section information in the dpkg status file, which is set by the source package.

Matt Zimmerman (mdz)
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-71 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
importance: Medium → Low
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-71 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
Revision history for this message
Alberto Milone (albertomilone) wrote :

nvidia-graphics-drivers-71 was removed from Karmic as it doesn't work with current X.org any more.

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-71 (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
Revision history for this message
Alberto Milone (albertomilone) wrote :

The attached debdiffs solve the problem.

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Alberto Milone (albertomilone) wrote :
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Alberto Milone (albertomilone) wrote :
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Alberto Milone (albertomilone) wrote :
Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → In Progress
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → In Progress
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → In Progress
Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package fglrx-installer - 2:8.660-0ubuntu3

---------------
fglrx-installer (2:8.660-0ubuntu3) karmic; urgency=low

  [ Alberto Milone]
  * debian/control:
    - Change the section of the -modaliases package to "admin" as
      the package is not "restricted" (LP: #429153).

  [ Kees Cook ]
  * debian/control:
    - Add build dependency on execstack.
  * debian/rules:
    - Drop executable stack markings from precompiled
      binaries (LP: #409440).

 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:36:42 +0200

Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 - 96.43.13-0ubuntu3

---------------
nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (96.43.13-0ubuntu3) karmic; urgency=low

  [ Alberto Milone ]
  * debian/control, debian/control.in:
    - Change the section of the -modaliases package to "admin" as the package
      is not "restricted" (LP: #429153).

  [ Kees Cook ]
  * debian/control.in:
    - Add build dependency on execstack.
  * debian/rules:
    - Drop executable stack markings from precompiled binaries (LP: #409456).

 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:31:06 +0200

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 - 173.14.20-0ubuntu2

---------------
nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (173.14.20-0ubuntu2) karmic; urgency=low

  [ Alberto Milone ]
  * debian/control, debian/control.in:
    - Change the section of the -modaliases package to "admin" as the package
      is not "restricted" (LP: #429153).

  [ Kees Cook ]
  * debian/control.in:
    - Add build dependency on execstack.
  * debian/rules:
    - Drop executable stack markings from precompiled binaries (LP: #409456).

 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:15:44 +0200

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 - 185.18.36-0ubuntu4

---------------
nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (185.18.36-0ubuntu4) karmic; urgency=low

  [ Alberto Milone ]
  * debian/control, debian/control.in:
    - Change the section of the -modaliases package to "admin" as the package
      is not "restricted" (LP: #429153).
    - Add the lpia architecture to the -185 packages.

  [ Kees Cook ]
  * debian/control.in:
    - Add build dependency on execstack.
  * debian/rules:
    - Drop executable stack markings from precompiled binaries (LP: #409456).

 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:42:13 +0200

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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