Hi again, On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 05:35:14PM +0200, Sebastian Harl wrote: > On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 05:07:02PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 04:17:25PM +0200, root wrote: > > > Package: sensord > > > Version: 1:3.0.2-1+b1 > > > Severity: important > > > > > > an upgrade of this package to 3.0.2-1+b2 wants to install a lot new > > > packages with no obvious connection to the sensord: > > > > That's because librrd4 recommends ttf-dejavu | ttf-bitstream-vera. > > Reassigning the bug. > > So, what are we supposed to do about that? You do not have to install > recommended packages and those two fonts are recommended for rrdtool. > The graphing works perfectly fine without having them installed.
After looking at the original bug report it seems that most of the packages mentioned there are pulled in because of libpango. That library is now (starting with version 1.3) required by librrd, so this is not related to ttf-dejavu or ttf-bitstream-vera. Unfortunately, there's nothing we can do about it as upstream is probably not going to revert the switch to libpango for font handling. OTOH, when looking at the sensord package description I can not find any pointer to rrdtool, so maybe the dependency on librrd should be made optional if that can be done without too much efforts. Cheers, Sebastian -- Sebastian "tokkee" Harl +++ GnuPG-ID: 0x8501C7FC +++ http://tokkee.org/ Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin
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