Update manager removes xscreensaver and replaces with gnome-screensaver
Bug #775369 reported by
Brian
This bug affects 1 person
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Software Updater |
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ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
When upgrading releases, the update manager removes xscreensaver, which works, and replaces it with gnome-screensaver, which does not work. Since the upstream maintainer of gnome-screensaver will never make it work correctly, xscreensaver is required for complete functionality. Why does update-manger remove the functional screensaver and replace it with a non-functional package? This is a minor bug, since once the upgrade is complete, gnome-screensaver can be removed and xscreensaver re-installed, but it is an annoyance.
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This is hardly a bug in update-manager. The output of "aptitude why gnome-screensaver" on my system indicates that ubuntu-desktop depends on gnome-screensaver. You may be able to work around this by installing a dummy equivs package, or perhaps by setting the status of xscreensaver to "hold". I don't see why your xscreensaver gets removed, though; nothing in ubuntu-desktop or gnome-screensaver appears to declare a conflict. Perhaps you could expand on this (and perhaps also link to a separate bug explaining why you think gnome-screensaver is broken)?