On Apr 13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
 > Package: xfonts-kapl
 > 
 > This package contains fonts in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts. Now that
 > modular X is in unstable, these font directories will no longer be
 > used by default and fonts should be moved to /usr/share/fonts/X11.
 > This probably involves:
 > 
 > * 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) 

When I do this last step, I get a lintian error:

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/debian/aplus-fsf/4.20.2$ lintian -i *.changes
E: xfonts-kapl: package-depends-on-an-x-font-package depends: xfonts-utils
N:
N:   Packages must not depend on X Window System font packages.
N:   
N:   If one or more of the fonts so packaged are necessary for proper
N:   operation of the package with which they are associated the font
N:   package may be Recommended; if the fonts merely provide an
N:   enhancement, a Suggests relationship may be used.
N:   
N:   Refer to Policy Manual, section 11.8.5 for details.

Is xfonts-util buggy by being a fonts package, or did I misunderstand what
should be done?


-- 
Neil Roeth


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