NVIDIA 410.79 drivers out?

[JanW]

I am on Ubuntu 18.04 and am currently running the 410.78 drivers from http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu. I just did an apt update, and now I am proposed to upgrade drivers to version 410.79. I have cuda 10 from developer.download.nvidia.com installed, and it appears that this is also where this update comes from:

$ apt-show-versions -v -u -a
cuda-drivers:amd64 410.72-1 install ok installed
cuda-drivers:amd64 410.79-1 unknown developer.download.nvidia.com
cuda-drivers:amd64/unknown 410.72-1 upgradeable to 410.79-1
libnvidia-cfg1-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 install ok installed
libnvidia-cfg1-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 bionic  ppa.launchpad.net
libnvidia-cfg1-410:amd64 410.79-0ubuntu1            unknown developer.download.nvidia.com
libnvidia-cfg1-410:amd64/bionic 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 upgradeable to 410.79-0ubuntu1
libnvidia-common-410:all 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 install ok installed
libnvidia-common-410:all 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 bionic  ppa.launchpad.net
libnvidia-common-410:all 410.79-0ubuntu1            unknown developer.download.nvidia.com
libnvidia-common-410:all/bionic 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 upgradeable to 410.79-0ubuntu1
libnvidia-compute-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 install ok installed
libnvidia-compute-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 bionic  ppa.launchpad.net
libnvidia-compute-410:amd64 410.79-0ubuntu1            unknown developer.download.nvidia.com
libnvidia-compute-410:amd64/bionic 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 upgradeable to 410.79-0ubuntu1
libnvidia-decode-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 install ok installed
libnvidia-decode-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 bionic  ppa.launchpad.net
libnvidia-decode-410:amd64 410.79-0ubuntu1            unknown developer.download.nvidia.com
libnvidia-decode-410:amd64/bionic 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 upgradeable to 410.79-0ubuntu1
libnvidia-encode-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 install ok installed
libnvidia-encode-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 bionic  ppa.launchpad.net
libnvidia-encode-410:amd64 410.79-0ubuntu1            unknown developer.download.nvidia.com
libnvidia-encode-410:amd64/bionic 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 upgradeable to 410.79-0ubuntu1
libnvidia-fbc1-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 install ok installed
libnvidia-fbc1-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 bionic  ppa.launchpad.net
libnvidia-fbc1-410:amd64 410.79-0ubuntu1            unknown developer.download.nvidia.com
libnvidia-fbc1-410:amd64/bionic 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 upgradeable to 410.79-0ubuntu1
libnvidia-gl-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 install ok installed
libnvidia-gl-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 bionic  ppa.launchpad.net
libnvidia-gl-410:amd64 410.79-0ubuntu1            unknown developer.download.nvidia.com
libnvidia-gl-410:amd64/bionic 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 upgradeable to 410.79-0ubuntu1
libnvidia-ifr1-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 install ok installed
libnvidia-ifr1-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 bionic  ppa.launchpad.net
libnvidia-ifr1-410:amd64 410.79-0ubuntu1            unknown developer.download.nvidia.com
libnvidia-ifr1-410:amd64/bionic 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 upgradeable to 410.79-0ubuntu1
nvidia-compute-utils-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 install ok installed
nvidia-compute-utils-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 bionic  ppa.launchpad.net
nvidia-compute-utils-410:amd64 410.79-0ubuntu1            unknown developer.download.nvidia.com
nvidia-compute-utils-410:amd64/bionic 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 upgradeable to 410.79-0ubuntu1
nvidia-dkms-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 install ok installed
nvidia-dkms-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 bionic  ppa.launchpad.net
nvidia-dkms-410:amd64 410.79-0ubuntu1            unknown developer.download.nvidia.com
nvidia-dkms-410:amd64/bionic 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 upgradeable to 410.79-0ubuntu1
nvidia-driver-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 install ok installed
nvidia-driver-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 bionic  ppa.launchpad.net
nvidia-driver-410:amd64 410.79-0ubuntu1            unknown developer.download.nvidia.com
nvidia-driver-410:amd64/bionic 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 upgradeable to 410.79-0ubuntu1
nvidia-kernel-common-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 install ok installed
nvidia-kernel-common-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 bionic  ppa.launchpad.net
nvidia-kernel-common-410:amd64 410.79-0ubuntu1            unknown developer.download.nvidia.com
nvidia-kernel-common-410:amd64/bionic 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 upgradeable to 410.79-0ubuntu1
nvidia-kernel-source-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 install ok installed
nvidia-kernel-source-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 bionic  ppa.launchpad.net
nvidia-kernel-source-410:amd64 410.79-0ubuntu1            unknown developer.download.nvidia.com
nvidia-kernel-source-410:amd64/bionic 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 upgradeable to 410.79-0ubuntu1
nvidia-modprobe:amd64 410.72-0ubuntu1 install ok installed
nvidia-modprobe:amd64 384.111-2       bionic  fr.archive.ubuntu.com
nvidia-modprobe:amd64 410.79-0ubuntu1 unknown developer.download.nvidia.com
nvidia-modprobe:amd64/unknown 410.72-0ubuntu1 upgradeable to 410.79-0ubuntu1
nvidia-utils-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 install ok installed
nvidia-utils-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 bionic  ppa.launchpad.net
nvidia-utils-410:amd64 410.79-0ubuntu1            unknown developer.download.nvidia.com
nvidia-utils-410:amd64/bionic 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 upgradeable to 410.79-0ubuntu1
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 install ok installed
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-410:amd64 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 bionic  ppa.launchpad.net
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-410:amd64 410.79-0ubuntu1            unknown developer.download.nvidia.com
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-410:amd64/bionic 410.78-0ubuntu1~gpu18.04.1 upgradeable to 410.79-0ubuntu1

I'd be happy to try these, because I experience random freezes on this machine (dual RTX 2080 Ti), but it appears that at the same time, cuda 10 will also be uninstalled:

$ sudo apt dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  cuda-command-line-tools-10-0 cuda-compiler-10-0 cuda-cublas-10-0 cuda-cublas-dev-10-0 cuda-cudart-10-0 cuda-cudart-dev-10-0 cuda-cufft-10-0
  cuda-cufft-dev-10-0 cuda-cuobjdump-10-0 cuda-cupti-10-0 cuda-curand-10-0 cuda-curand-dev-10-0 cuda-cusolver-10-0 cuda-cusolver-dev-10-0 cuda-cusparse-10-0
  cuda-cusparse-dev-10-0 cuda-documentation-10-0 cuda-driver-dev-10-0 cuda-gdb-10-0 cuda-gpu-library-advisor-10-0 cuda-libraries-10-0 cuda-libraries-dev-10-0
  cuda-license-10-0 cuda-memcheck-10-0 cuda-misc-headers-10-0 cuda-npp-10-0 cuda-npp-dev-10-0 cuda-nsight-10-0 cuda-nsight-compute-10-0 cuda-nvcc-10-0
  cuda-nvdisasm-10-0 cuda-nvgraph-10-0 cuda-nvgraph-dev-10-0 cuda-nvjpeg-10-0 cuda-nvjpeg-dev-10-0 cuda-nvml-dev-10-0 cuda-nvprof-10-0 cuda-nvprune-10-0
  cuda-nvrtc-10-0 cuda-nvrtc-dev-10-0 cuda-nvtx-10-0 cuda-nvvp-10-0 cuda-samples-10-0 cuda-toolkit-10-0 cuda-tools-10-0 cuda-visual-tools-10-0 dkms libbsd0:i386
  libdrm-amdgpu1:i386 libdrm-intel1:i386 libdrm-nouveau2:i386 libdrm-radeon1:i386 libdrm2:i386 libedit2:i386 libelf1:i386 libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386
  libgl1:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libglapi-mesa:i386 libglvnd0:i386 libglx-mesa0:i386 libglx0:i386 libllvm6.0:i386 libnvidia-cfg1-410 libnvidia-common-410
  libnvidia-compute-410:i386 libnvidia-decode-410 libnvidia-decode-410:i386 libnvidia-encode-410 libnvidia-encode-410:i386 libnvidia-fbc1-410
  libnvidia-fbc1-410:i386 libnvidia-gl-410 libnvidia-gl-410:i386 libnvidia-ifr1-410 libnvidia-ifr1-410:i386 libpciaccess0:i386 libsensors4:i386 libstdc++6:i386
  libx11-6:i386 libx11-xcb1:i386 libxau6:i386 libxcb-dri2-0:i386 libxcb-dri3-0:i386 libxcb-glx0:i386 libxcb-present0:i386 libxcb-sync1:i386 libxcb1:i386
  libxdamage1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxfixes3:i386 libxshmfence1:i386 libxxf86vm1:i386 nvidia-compute-utils-410 nvidia-dkms-410
  nvidia-kernel-common-410 nvidia-kernel-source-410 nvidia-modprobe nvidia-prime nvidia-settings nvidia-utils-410 screen-resolution-extra
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-410
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  cuda cuda-10-0 cuda-demo-suite-10-0 cuda-drivers cuda-runtime-10-0 nvidia-driver-410
The following packages have been kept back:
  libnvidia-compute-410 libnvidia-decode-410 libnvidia-encode-410 libnvidia-fbc1-410 libnvidia-gl-410 libnvidia-ifr1-410
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libnvidia-cfg1-410 libnvidia-common-410 nvidia-compute-utils-410 nvidia-dkms-410 nvidia-kernel-common-410 nvidia-kernel-source-410 nvidia-modprobe
  nvidia-utils-410 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-410 [...]
17 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 6 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
Need to get 15,4 MB of archives.
After this operation, 12,1 MB disk space will be freed.

Where can I find any info on this? Or this this a glitch in the package archives?

Thanks!
Jan