Re: are unstable xfonts packages still broken?

[Pollywog <croak@shadypond.com>]

On 2001.11.27 00:50 Jeffrey W. Baker wrote:
> On Mon, 2001-11-26 at 16:45, Marc Wilson wrote:
>
> > The font packages in X aren't broken and never have been...
>
> Er, what?  I've installed several Debian unstable machines and every one
> of them has ended up with font problems.  Usually X won't start,
> complaining about a missing 'fixed' font.
>
> As far as I can tell, the font packages in X are broken and always have
> been broken.

The font packages in unstable are the ones that seem broken and have been 
for at least two months.
If I upgrade them, Gnome starts up but instead of seeing alphanumeric 
characters on the panel (and also on some apps), I see boxes that are made 
up of dots.

--
Andrew