On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 4:57 AM, Paul Elliott <[email protected]> wrote: > > Help, my upstream package contains a font. > > /usr/share/fonts/truetype/maitreya/MaitreyaSymbols6.ttf > > this font is highly specialized and unlikely to be used by any other package. > > lintian says I must split off a font package. > >> I: maitreya: font-in-non-font-package >> usr/share/fonts/truetype/maitreya/MaitreyaSymbols6.ttf N: >> N: This package contains a *.ttf, *.otf, or *.pfb file, file extensions >> N: used by TrueType, OpenType, or Type 1 fonts, but the package does not >> N: appear to be a dedicated font package. Dedicated font package names >> N: should begin with ttf-, otf-, or t1-, depending on the types of fonts >> N: included. (Type 1 fonts are also allowed in packages starting with >> N: xfonts-.) If the font is already packaged, you should depend on that >> N: package instead. Otherwise, normally the font should be packaged >> N: separately, since fonts are usually useful outside of the package >> that N: embeds them. >> N: >> N: Severity: wishlist, Certainty: possible >> N:
This tag actually needs to be updated. Font packages are now supposed to begin with fonts- I just sent a patch to the Lintian maintainers. See: http://wiki.debian.org/Fonts/PackagingPolicy > In any case, if I must split out a font package, how do I do it? Are there any > examples out there? Without looking at your package I can only give you a general idea. Most likely it is as simple as: Create a new binary stanza in debian/control for fonts-maitreya. This stanza should contain "Section: fonts" along with the normal fields. Create a debain/fonts-maitreya.install file with the contents: usr/share/fonts/truetype/maitreya/MaitreyaSymbols6.ttf -- Andrew Starr-Bochicchio Ubuntu Developer <https://launchpad.net/~andrewsomething> Debian Maintainer <http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=a.starr.b%40gmail.com> PGP/GPG Key ID: D53FDCB1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cal6k_aznnk0faqv9rifk-c+v_y6bkwr2rl4k5mmpd964eze...@mail.gmail.com
