Re: Where to file a package-dependency bug?
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On 01/02/2006 12:20 PM, Kevin B. McCarty wrote:
The Wanderer wrote:
In current sid, the x-winow-system-core package depends on both
xfonts-75dpi and xfonts-100dpi. The package description for
xfonts-75dpi includes the note:
==
This package and xfonts-100dpi provide the same set of fonts, rendered at
different resolutions; only one or the other is necessary, but both may be
installed.
==
xfonts-100dpi contains a mirror of the same sentence.
This is either a bug in x-window-system-core (AND dependency rather
than OR dependency) or a bug in both xfonts-75dpi and xfonts-100dpi
(incorrect description). Under which package should I file the bug
report?
I'd file it against x-window-system-core (with severity "minor" or
"wishlist", since nothing is really broken by the existing
situation). The xfonts-*dpi descriptions are true enough, you only
need one of the sets of fonts installed.
That's what I would have preferred myself, but I couldn't be sure which
side the problem was on. (The point about severity goes without saying.)
Thanks; filing report now.
(In the process, I've discovered that reportbug does not permit a bug to
be reported on a dependency package, but only on the packages it depends
on. This is probably another bug...)
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