For a number of years, I have been regularly updating kernels for about 80 machines. Among these (mostly Dell-branded machines), some have NVidia graphic cards and I chose to install the NVidia drivers. Since I have to update many machines, I install these drivers through the Debian packaging system.

I had to automate the task. Some will tell me that "there is module-assistant". True enough, but module-assistant does not automatically build for several kernel flavours. Moreover, there is sometimes a need to patch the sources, or even to patch the binaries, like since the mess of kernel 2.6.18-4 (and the paravirt_ops export problems of GPL/non-GPL symbols).

• Anthony Towns is the new Debian Project Leader (DPL). Congratulations! More info: detailed results, Well, crap, vote analysis.
  
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