> Not very surprising. > | Tags: wontfix > > And there is a explanation for setting the tag available on > http://bugs.debian.org/237509 which even mentions a workaround for > you. > | There appears to be no clean fix for this at the package level. > ... > | Given that this bug only affects upgrades from libxft-dev > | 2.1.2-[1-5] (which weren't in woody), I am going to let it > | go unfixed. If it affects you, the workaround is to "dpkg -r > | libxft-dev" before installing libxft-dev >= 2.1.2-6.
Oh, now I understand (I'd missed that for some reason). Sorry for the trouble and thanks for the explanation. Chris.