Re: font directories?
On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 12:04:31PM +0200, Joey Hess wrote:
> I've done a minor mass-bug filing (85 bugs) on packages that still use
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts. I hope that I captured everything that needs to be
> done to transition:
>
> * Modify rules or Makefile to install the fonts to the new directory.
> * Build-depend on debhelper version 5.0.29, which supports the new font
> location.
> * Make sure that the package depends on the new xfonts-utils package.
> (dh_installxfonts will automatically add this to misc:Depends)
>
> AFAICS anyone trying to do a partial upgrade involving X fonts will probably
> just be screwed. :-/
I thought we had the compatibility symlink covered but I guess not. My goal
wasn't to force this transition, this is an actual bug. That said, I
wouldn't mind seeing the transition go through, but I'll try and add the
necessary symlinks just in case.
- David Nusinow
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