ftbfs: E: fontconfig: alien-tag fc-cache-used-in-maintainer-script
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fontconfig (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
When trying to build from source using
debuild -us -uc -b
the result errors out with
Now running lintian fontconfig_
E: fontconfig: alien-tag fc-cache-
W: libfontconfig-doc: bad-whatis-entry [usr/share/
"This script apparently runs fc-cache. Updating of the fontconfig cache files is now handled automatically by triggers, so running fc-cache from maintainer scripts is no longer necessary."
ubuntu: kinetic kudu
libfontconfig1-dev:
Installed: 2.13.1-4.4ubuntu1
Candidate: 2.13.1-4.4ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 2.13.1-4.4ubuntu1 500
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
Package: libfontconfig-dev 2.13.1-4.4ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 6.0.1-gnulibre x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.23.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckR
Date: Fri Oct 14 21:07:42 2022
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: fontconfig
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to kinetic on 2022-10-14 (0 days ago)

lintian errors do not count as a build failure. You could file this as a bug in Debian if you like -- we'll pick up the fix from there in due course.