problem with fonts in bitchx?

["Digby Tarvin" <lists2008@skaro.afraid.org>]

I have just performed an 'apt-get install bitchx' on a debian x86 Etch
system, but there seems to be a problem with with the package configuration.

The install finishes with a warning:
 Warning: /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc does not exist..

This is understandable, as it seems that the installation should have
been looking for the fonts in /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc

Running the application produces warning such as:
  bitchx:  unable to open font "default8x16", trying "fixed"....
  Warning: Cannot convert string "default8x16" to type FontStruct
  Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion

so it does seem that it is looking in the wrong place for fonts :(

Does this indicate an error in the package? 

Regards,
DigbyT