[xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#387035: docbook-utils depends on lynx for docbook2txt to function properly

[Jeff Grady]

Package: docbook-utils
Version: 0.6.14-1

When running docbook2txt on a DocBook sgml file, the resulting output is html
instead of txt.  There was no error or any mention of why this was happening. 
I was confused as to why this was happening, and then I noticed in the
docbook2{pdf,txt,html,etc.} man page:

 This  utility  assumes that several other components are installed. The
       list includes:
...
       · Lynx HTML browser (for the txt backend)

I checked my system to see if lynx was installed, and it was not.  I did an
`apt-get install lynx`, ran the exact same docbook2txt command, and the output
was text - Problem solved.

I assume from the dependencies below, it means that lynx or links or w3m can be
installed to satisfy the dependency.  If that's correct, then I think lynx
should be a requirement.

$ dpkg --status docbook-utils
Package: docbook-utils
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: text
Installed-Size: 440
Maintainer: Debian XML/SGML Group
<debian-xml-sgml-pkgs at lists.alioth.debian.org>Architecture: all
Version: 0.6.14-1
Replaces: docbook2man, docbook2texi, docbk-xml2x, docbook2x-doc,
cygnus-stylesheets
Depends: docbook-dsssl, jadetex, lynx | links | w3m, sgmlspl, sp, perl
Recommends: docbook-xml
Description: Convert Docbook files to other formats (HTML, RTF, PS, man, PDF)
 The docbook-utils is a set of a few small programs intended to ease
 everyday use of technical documentation software and more generally use of
 SGML and XML.
 .
 Tasks they currently accomplish are:
  * jw: convert Docbook files to other formats (HTML, RTF, Postscript, PDF).
  * sgmldiff: detect the differences in markup between two SGML files.
  * docbook2man: converts a DocBook refentry to a man page.

$ cat /etc/issue ; uname -r
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 \n \l

2.6.8-2-386


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