[pkg-fso-maint] bloat of X packages

Steffen Moeller steffen_moeller at gmx.de
Mon Aug 24 21:07:38 UTC 2009


Hello,

it seems like the install with cdebootstrap was saved a few resources. At least I cannot
recall to have seen this download of all the video packages before. Can/should this be
helped with /etc/apt/preferences, like

Package: xserver-xorg*
Pin-Priority: -100

? Though even if that works, it would be ugly. From what I have seen, we should move back
to cdebootstrap and have install-info added - also ugly, but less ugly than modding
/etc/apt/preferences. Comments are welcomed.

Would someone of yours know by heart if setting packages early to "hold" would work? Since
the packages are not yet known to the system at the time this would be needed to be
executed, this would not be working, I think.
(for i in `dpkg -l xserver-xorg-input* xserver-xorg-video* | cut -f3 -d\ | grep ^xser |
egrep -v -- -'(evdev|tslib|fbdev)'`; do echo $i hold ; done) | dpkg --set-selections

Back to cdebootstrap, unless someone of yours is objecting.

Cheers,

Steffen

Get:161 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.3-1+b2 [2216kB]

Get:162 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-apm 1:1.2.1-2 [70.5kB]

Get:163 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-ark 1:0.7.1-2 [17.9kB]

Get:164 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-r128 6.8.1-1+b1 [182kB]

Get:165 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-mach64 6.8.2-1+b1 [204kB]

Get:166 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.12.2-3+b1 [484kB]

Get:167 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.2-3+b1 [192kB]

Get:168 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-chips 1:1.2.1-3+b2 [82.6kB]

Get:169 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-cirrus 1:1.3.1-1+b1 [44.2kB]

Get:170 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-fbdev 1:0.4.0-4 [20.1kB]

Get:171 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-i128 1:1.3.2-1+b1 [38.5kB]

Get:172 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-i740 1:1.3.0-1 [33.2kB]

Get:173 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-mga 1:1.4.11.dfsg-1+b1
[118kB]
Get:174 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-neomagic 1:1.2.3-1+b1
[45.9kB]
Get:175 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-nv 1:2.1.14-2+b1 [113kB]

Get:176 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd 1.2.5-1 [388kB]

Get:177 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-rendition 1:4.2.1-1 [34.2kB]

Get:178 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-s3 1:0.6.2-1+b2 [47.1kB]

Get:179 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-s3virge 1:1.10.2-2 [49.8kB]

Get:180 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-savage 1:2.3.0-1+b1 [97.5kB]

Get:181 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion 1:1.7.2-1+b2
[90.0kB]
Get:182 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-sis 1:0.10.1-2 [308kB]

Get:183 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-sisusb 1:0.9.1-1 [50.2kB]

Get:184 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-tdfx 1:1.4.1-1 [48.6kB]

Get:185 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-trident 1:1.3.1-1 [82.8kB]

Get:186 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-tseng 1:1.2.1-1 [34.9kB]

Get:187 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-vesa 1:2.2.1-1+b1 [26.8kB]

Get:188 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-voodoo 1:1.2.2-1+b1 [23.1kB]

Get:189 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-v4l 0.2.0-3 [25.4kB]

Get:190 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-video-all 1:7.4+4 [30.1kB]

Get:191 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.2.5-1 [65.0kB]

Get:192 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.1.2-1 [64.5kB]

Get:193 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-input-wacom 0.8.3.2-1 [71.5kB]

Get:194 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-input-all 1:7.4+4 [29.9kB]

Get:195 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg-input-tslib 0.0.5-8 [12.4kB]

Get:196 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main xserver-xorg 1:7.4+4 [65.5kB]



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