Bug#1127367: mesa-va-drivers metapackage broken

Simon McVittie <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:50:52 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.x
Message-ID <aldJ7FWeCe7clR45__36926.4907248848$1784105616$gmane$org@definition.pseudorandom.co.uk>
On Sat, 07 Feb 2026 at 12:48:57 +0100, Davius wrote:
>	- sudo apt full-upgrade
>
>	Impossible de satisfaire les dépendances :
>		 mesa-libgallium : Casse: mesa-va-drivers (< 25.2.8-3)
>		 mesa-va-drivers : Dépend: mesa-libgallium (= 25.2.8-2+b3) mais 25.3.3-1 devra être installé
>	Erreur : Unable to satisfy dependencies. Reached two conflicting assignments:
>		 1. mesa-va-drivers:amd64 is selected for install
>   		 2. mesa-va-drivers:amd64 is available in version 25.2.8-2+b3
>      			but none of the choices are installable:
>      		- mesa-va-drivers:amd64=25.2.8-2+b3 is not selected for install because:
>        		1. mesa-libgallium:amd64=25.3.3-1 is selected as an upgrade
>        		2. mesa-libgallium:amd64=25.3.3-1 Casse mesa-va-drivers (< 25.2.8-3)

This would seem to indicate that mesa-va-drivers should be reinstated as 
an empty transitional package, to make upgrades in testing/unstable 
(and, eventually, upgrades from Debian 13 to 14) go smoothly.

See also the thread starting at 
<https://lists.debian.org/debian-backports/2026/07/msg00007.html>.

     smcv