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Bug#802691: libqt5gui: should give better error message instead of recommending to reinstall



severity 802691 wishlist
tag 802691 wontfix
thanks

On Thursday 22 October 2015 18:47:33 Sebastian Ramacher wrote:
> Package: libqt5gui5
> Version: 5.5.1+dfsg-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> If libqt5xcbqpa5 is not installed, applications fail to start with:
> | This application failed to start because it could not find or load the Qt
> | platform plugin "xcb".
> | 
> | Available platform plugins are: linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen.
> | 
> | Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
> 
> Instead of recommeding to reinstall, it should tell the user to instlal
> libqt5xcbqpa5.

That message comes from Qt internals which don't know anything about Debian.
As part of our team policy we do not patch this kind of things, so this is a 
wontfix.


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