Comment 6 for bug 308539

Binary package hint: defoma

% lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
% apt-cache policy defoma
defoma:
  Installed: 0.11.10-0.2ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.11.10-0.2ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.11.10-0.2ubuntu1 0
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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The /usr/bin/defoma-hints perl executable is used to create hints files for new fonts (/etc/defoma/hints/*). Due to the deletion of the libft-perl dependency (build issues since perl-5.10), defoma-hints is also broken.

To reproduce this error:
 % defoma-hints truetype /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/*.ttf
Wait for second...
defoma-hints Can't locate FreeType.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at (eval 4) line 2.

AFAICT this breaks users and maintainers ability to easily add new defoma-managed fonts under Intrepid and Jaunty.

Related notes/changelogs:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/+source/defoma/0.11.10-0.2ubuntu1 (libft-perl is uninstallable)
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/perlftlib/+publishinghistory#

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