[Bug 775369] Re: Update manager removes xscreensaver and replaces with gnome-screensaver

[era]

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)?

** Also affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Update manager removes xscreensaver and replaces with gnome-
  screensaver

Status in Update Manager:
  New
Status in “ubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  New

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.