[sclug] Ubuntu Xserver "upgrade"

[Ed Davies]

David Given wrote:
> What repository are you using? My Dapper system claims that the latest
> version of xserver-xorg-core is 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.1.

Here's my /etc.apt/sources.list

> 
> deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted
> deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted
> 
> ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
> ## distribution.
> deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted
> deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted
> 
> ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
> ## repository.
> ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
> ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
> ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
> ## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
> ## team.
> # deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe
> # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe
> 
> ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
> ## repository.
> ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
> ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
> ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
> ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
> ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
> # deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
> # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
> 
> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
> # deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
> # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
> 
> deb http://osdn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ skychart/

The only thing non-standard, I think, is the last entry for skychart.

 From the forum discussion, lots of people were hit by the problem.

Maybe they have reverted the repository now.  The published workaround
involved downloading xserver-xorg-core_1.0.2-0ubuntu10.4_i386.deb.
Doing dpkg -i on that said it was replacing 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.3 so
I assume that's the bad version.

Probably the story's something like 10.1 was standard, 10.3 came
along but was bad.  The quick workaround was to install 10.4 from a
different location but they've now put the repository back to 10.1.

One could speculate that the 10.4 in the workaround is just a
relabeled 10.1 to prevent a repeat upgrade being offered while
10.3 was in the repository.  That's just a guess, of course.

I'm not going to muck with anything until the dust settles.  If it
ain't broke...

Ed.