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Bug#400654: marked as done (xserver-xorg dependency on xfonts-base)

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and subject line Bug#400654: xserver-xorg dependency on xfonts-base
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Package: xserver-xorg
Version: 1:7.1.0-7

I think xserver-xorg should depend on xfonts-base.
If xfonts-base is not installed, the X server doesn't start and it says
(in /var/log/Xorg.0.log) it cannot find the required "fixed" font. So if it's 
required, why not put a dependency in the package? (Maybe it should be a
different package the one that depends on xfonts-base, but in any case, it 
seems one of them should do it).

Opinions?

-- 
Antonio Larrosa Jimenez
KDE developer - larrosa@kde.org
http://developer.kde.org/~larrosa/

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On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 20:46:55 +0100, Antonio Larrosa wrote:

> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 1:7.1.0-7
> 
> I think xserver-xorg should depend on xfonts-base.
> If xfonts-base is not installed, the X server doesn't start and it says
> (in /var/log/Xorg.0.log) it cannot find the required "fixed" font. So if it's 
> required, why not put a dependency in the package? (Maybe it should be a
> different package the one that depends on xfonts-base, but in any case, it 
> seems one of them should do it).
> 
No, it should not.
The fonts can be provided by a font server or by other means, they don't
need to be installed with the server.  Typically, the package you want
to install is "xorg", not just "xserver-xorg".  That package depends on
xfonts-base, among others.
Closing this bug.

Cheers,
Julien

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