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and subject line Bug#439218: should recommend xfonts-base
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Package: xserver-xorg
Version: 1:7.1.0-19
Severity: normal
In the vast majority of cases, xfonts-base is necessary for this package to
be useful. Could you consider putting it in Recommends ?
$ X :1
[...]
Fatal server error:
No valid FontPath could be found.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-amd64
Locale: LANG=ca_AD.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ca_AD.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
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Robert Millan wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 1:7.1.0-19
> Severity: normal
>
> In the vast majority of cases, xfonts-base is necessary for this package to
> be useful. Could you consider putting it in Recommends ?
>
xserver-xorg depends on xserver-xorg-core which recommends xfonts-base.
Also xorg depends on xfonts-base so that normal people (those that
install the xorg metapackage) always get xfonts-base.
I guess that's enough.
Brice
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