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and subject line Re: Bug#579621: xboard assumes fairymax is installed
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Package: xboard
Version: 4.5~git20100118-1
Severity: important
Tags: experimental
xboard assumes that fairymax is installed. When you start xboard with no
options it eats a lot of cpu and then dies. I don't know debian packaging
policies by heart but i do not think that a program should assume that a
recommended application is installed.
u...@host$ xboard -debug
StartChildProcess (dir=".") fairymax
xboard: Failed to start first chess program fairymax on localhost: fairymax: No
such file or directory
xboard: Error writing to first chess program: Broken pipe
xboard: Error writing to first chess program: Broken pipe
xboard: Error writing to first chess program: Broken pipe
xboard: Error writing to first chess program: Broken pipe
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.34-rc5-git8 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages xboard depends on:
ii dpkg 1.15.7.1 Debian package management system
ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-5 Manage installed documentation in
ii libc6 2.11-0exp7 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libice6 2:1.0.6-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libsm6 2:1.1.1-1 X11 Session Management library
ii libx11-6 2:1.3.3-3 X11 client-side library
ii libxmu6 2:1.0.5-1 X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii libxpm4 1:3.5.8-1 X11 pixmap library
ii libxt6 1:1.0.7-1 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii xaw3dg 1.5+E-18 Xaw3d widget set
Versions of packages xboard recommends:
pn fairymax <none> (no description available)
ii xfonts-100dpi 1:1.0.1 100 dpi fonts for X
ii xfonts-75dpi 1:1.0.1 75 dpi fonts for X
Versions of packages xboard suggests:
ii aterm [x-terminal-emulator] 1.0.1-7 Afterstep XVT - a VT102 emulator f
ii eterm [x-terminal-emulator] 0.9.5-2 Enlightened Terminal Emulator
ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal-em 2.30.0-1 The GNOME terminal emulator applic
ii mrxvt [x-terminal-emulator] 0.5.4-1 lightweight multi-tabbed X termina
ii rxvt-beta [x-terminal-emulato 2.7.10-6 VT102 terminal emulator for the X
ii terminator [x-terminal-emulat 0.93-1 multiple GNOME terminals in one wi
ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 256-1 X terminal emulator
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Hi,
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 03:24:20AM -0400, Douglas Calvert wrote :
> Package: xboard
> Version: 4.5~git20100118-1
> Severity: important
> Tags: experimental
>
> xboard assumes that fairymax is installed. When you start xboard with no
> options it eats a lot of cpu and then dies. I don't know debian packaging
> policies by heart but i do not think that a program should assume that a
> recommended application is installed.
>
> u...@host$ xboard -debug
> StartChildProcess (dir=".") fairymax
> xboard: Failed to start first chess program fairymax on localhost: fairymax:
> No
> such file or directory
>
> xboard: Error writing to first chess program: Broken pipe
> xboard: Error writing to first chess program: Broken pipe
> xboard: Error writing to first chess program: Broken pipe
> xboard: Error writing to first chess program: Broken pipe
I don't want XBoard to depend on fairymax because you can use XBoard without
fairymax, for example with the -ncp option. That's why fairymax is only in
Recommends. apt installs recommended packages by default, so this should not be
a major issue.
Therefore I am closing this bug.
Best Regards,
Vincent
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