Package: abiword
Version: 2.4.1-2
Severity: minor

The abiword package's handling of libfreetype appears to be very
inconsistent.  AFAICT, the package has an unconditional dependency on
freetype (abi/src/af/xap/unix/xap_UnixFont.cpp), but a) the package has no
build-dependency on libfreetype6-dev, and b) the only place where -lfreetype
is mentioned in the code is when libXft is detected, and Xft support is
optional.  I think it would be a good idea if the source were fixed so that
freetype is detected independently from Xft, and the package changed to
build-depend on libfreetype6-dev directly since it uses it directly.

Cheers,
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Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
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