[Bug 1767792] Re: dh_installxfonts creates wrong dependency

[Andy Whitcroft]

Hello Andrew, or anyone else affected,

Accepted debhelper into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and
be available at
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debhelper/11.1.6ubuntu2 in a few
hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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** Changed in: debhelper (Ubuntu Bionic)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic

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Title:
  dh_installxfonts creates wrong dependency

Status in debhelper package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in debhelper source package in Bionic:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [ Description ]

  dh_installxfonts in some cases substitutes a dependency on 'xfont-
  utils' into ${misc:Depends}. This package doesn't exist; the resulting
  .deb is uninstallable.

  [ Test case ]

  Rebuild 'thaixfonts' on bionic and check that the packages depend on
  'xfonts-utils' and not 'xfont-utils'.

  [ Regression potential ]

  If the patch is still wrong, we'll still generate uninstallable
  packages. If it's really wrong we could break the build.

  [ Original report ]

  The debhelper shipped with 18.04 contains a typo that generates the wrong dependency when using dh_installxfonts in a package build. There is already a patch from the developer that introduced the typo available in Debian https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=894835
  The effect of this bug can be seen when trying to install a PPA package built in the build farm. See
  https://github.com/stsp/dosemu2/issues/597#issuecomment-385178269 for a user report

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