Package: groff-base Version: 1.18.1.1-7 Severity: important
Hi, even though groff.1 claims it is supported, the groff-base package does not include the html output device for groff. When I tried to install the groff package to add support for HTML I was dismayed to find out that this would drag in the following packages: bc defoma gs gs-common gs-gpl gsfonts imagemagick libdps1 libfreetype6 libft-perl libgimpprint1 libice6 libjasper-1.701-1 libjpeg62 liblcms1 libmagick6 libnetpbm10 libpaper-utils libpaper1 libpng12-0 libsm6 libtiff4 libttf2 libx11-6 libxaw7 libxext6 libxmu6 libxpm4 libxt6 netpbm psfontmgr psutils xfree86-common xlibs-data Together they weigh in at nearly 50MB! I'm in the process of setting up nightly documentation generation (on the MPlayer project server FWIW), which includes generating HTML versions of roff manual pages. There is no way I'm putting this much extra stuff on a server just to get support for the HTML device in groff... Please either add the HTML support to groff-base or split the groff package further, maybe groff-x11 like there used to be or create an extra package without X11 support, groff-nox11 or something. For me, recompiling the package with DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=no-groff-x11 did the trick, no extra dependencies. Thanks Diego -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (50, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.15.3 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages groff-base depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:3.4.3-13 GCC support library ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-13 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
