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>Are you aware that you can unsubscribe if you want to?

yes, but this doesn't change the point.

>No I can't but there are definitely people who can.

it would be useless.

>Well that's a way of seeing it (I'd say a bugfix that fixes half of the bug or does it in the wrong way is not a complete fix and hence >leaves the bug not fixed).
>
>Ok, I'll go open a new issue.

this is how debhelper works, and how the syntax of closing bugs works on LP and Debian.
if you want to fix this bug go on the new open bug and help Alberto with the stuff he requested.

Unfortunately dealing with closed and proprietary software is not so
easy, and I'm telling this with my Debian Developer hat on.

Sorry for that, but posting here will annoy people, and for sure not
help you.

And since I'm a DD, I'll follow the bug you created, and try to help there, because I'm not bothered by your mails, but other people are.
(thinking about freedom is also caring about other people's issues)

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1431753

Title:
  Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-346 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-346-updates package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 source package in Trusty:
  Invalid
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates source package in Trusty:
  Invalid
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-346 source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-346-updates source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Filing this against the 340-updates version but possibly the same
  applies to older versions, too. The nvidia source package produces two
  individual dkms packages: nvidia-340-updates, nvidia-340-updates-uvm.
  The problem is that the DKMS build of the nvidia-uvm module runs
  compile steps inside the nvidia modules build directory. This is
  violating the DKMS assumption that each module can be build
  independently (there is no way of describing cross-modules
  dependencies and even more important, the autoinstall step after a new
  kernel is installed will run the modules build in parallel).

  Since nvidia and nvidia-uvm are very dependent on each other the right
  course of action seems to be to combine both sources in one DKMS
  module that produces two kernel modules (this is supported by DKMS).
  For the transition this resulting dkms package needs to have a
  breaks/replaces for the nvidia-uvm package.

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