tag 221773 + upstream
retitle 221773 xfonts-base: microsoft-win3.1.enc encodings file not shipped by 
Imakefile
thanks

On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 11:49:22AM +1100, John Zaitseff wrote:
> Package: xfonts-base
> Version: 4.2.1-14
> 
> G'Day!
> 
> The file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/microsoft-win3.1.enc is
> missing from the xfonts-base package.  This encoding is referenced in
> the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/encodings.dir.
> 
> I guess this oversight has not been noticed until now because no-one
> has had a need to use this encoding! :-)  I have no idea when it was
> deleted (if it was ever included), either...
> 
> I am sure that you already know you can grab the relevant file from the
> XFree86.org CVS, in the xc/fonts/encodings directory.

I don't need to do that; the problem isn't that the file is missing from
the source distribution.  The problem is that the upstream build process
doesn't bother to install it to any destination directory.
Consequently, it doesn't get shipped in a package.

I'll look into this.

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