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Bug 728428 - media-libs/nv-codec-headers-9.1.23.1 - review >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-435.21 dependency
Summary: media-libs/nv-codec-headers-9.1.23.1 - review >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-43...
Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Gentoo Media-video project
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Reported: 2020-06-15 22:58 UTC by Frank Krömmelbein
Modified: 2021-01-08 15:21 UTC (History)
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Description Frank Krömmelbein 2020-06-15 22:58:41 UTC 
From nv-codec-headers-9.1.23.1 ebuild:
RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
        >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-435.21[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]

This high version dependency is a problem for users of the legacy driver version 390.132 (0/390). The driver versions >400.00 did not support some older GPU hardware anymore such as the 400 and 500 series.
Please review if this high version of nvidia-drivers is really required.


Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Alexis Ballier gentoo-dev 2020-06-16 08:43:00 UTC 
(In reply to Frank Krömmelbein from comment #0)
> From nv-codec-headers-9.1.23.1 ebuild:
> RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
>         >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-435.21[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
> 
> This high version dependency is a problem for users of the legacy driver
> version 390.132 (0/390). The driver versions >400.00 did not support some
> older GPU hardware anymore such as the 400 and 500 series.
> Please review if this high version of nvidia-drivers is really required.

Does it work with old drivers ?
Comment 2 Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2020-10-12 15:43:36 UTC 
(In reply to Alexis Ballier from comment #1)
> (In reply to Frank Krömmelbein from comment #0)
> > From nv-codec-headers-9.1.23.1 ebuild:
> > RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
> >         >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-435.21[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
> > 
> > This high version dependency is a problem for users of the legacy driver
> > version 390.132 (0/390). The driver versions >400.00 did not support some
> > older GPU hardware anymore such as the 400 and 500 series.
> > Please review if this high version of nvidia-drivers is really required.
> 
> Does it work with old drivers ?

Can you look at bug 702684 too?
Comment 3 Faraclas 2021-01-08 15:21:50 UTC 
Looking at the other bug referenced below, it looks like the solution is to change this ebuild.