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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