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Bug#534499: xfonts-base: incorrectly claims that x server won't work without it



Package: xfonts-base
Version: 1:1.0.0-6
Severity: minor

The package description says:

   If you are not using a remote font server, you must install this package
   if you are installing an X server. It contains fonts, including the
   'fixed' font, without which X servers will not work.

According to Julien Cristau, this is no longer the case:

   http://packages.qa.debian.org/x/xorg-server/news/20090623T181812Z.html

X seems to run correctly without xfonts-base installed. Please update the
description accordingly.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (400, 'unstable'), (300, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages xfonts-base depends on:
ii  xfonts-utils                  1:7.4+1    X Window System font utility progr

xfonts-base recommends no packages.

Versions of packages xfonts-base suggests:
ii  xserver-xorg-core [xserver 2:1.6.1.901-3 Xorg X server - core server



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