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Niels Thykier (niels-thykier) wrote : Re: [Bug 1767792] [NEW] dh_installxfonts creates wrong dependency

Andrew Bird:
> Public bug reported:
>
> 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
>
> ** Affects: debhelper (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - dh_installxfonts creates wrong dependancy
> + dh_installxfonts creates wrong dependency
>

Hi,

Upstream patch that fixes the bug:
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/debhelper/commit/98d248f46b6085d691aa29c423fa9fa2e240709a

(Should be trivial to cherry-pick).

Thanks,
~Niels