On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 02:48:07PM -0400, Eric Sharkey wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.5.6.0 > Severity: normal > > Point 6 of section "12.8.5 Packages providing fonts" reads: > > Font packages may, instead of placing files directly in the X font > directories listed above, provide symbolic links in the font directory > which point to the files' actual location in the filesystem. > > This is confusing. See Debian bug #107266. What I mean is: Font packages may, instead of placing files directly in a X font directory listed above, provide provide symbolic links in that font directory pointing to the files' actual location in the filesystem. To me, this pretty unambiguously means that: Instead of having to stick "niftyfont.pfa" in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1, you can put "niftyfont.pfa" in /usr/share/incredibly-cool-fonts, and ship a symlink to that file in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1. I'm open to suggestions for further improvement. -- G. Branden Robinson | The greatest productive force is Debian GNU/Linux | human selfishness. branden@debian.org | -- Robert Heinlein http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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