[debiandoc-sgml-pkgs] Bug#445807: debiandoc-sgml: Description and code is refering to tetex-bin and tetex-extra

[Andreas Tille]

Package: debiandoc-sgml
Version: 1.2.7
Severity: normal

Hi,

the long description of the package is refering to tetex-bin and tetex-extra
instead of texlive.  The apropriate texlive packages are mentioned in the
Recommends of the package and this should be mentioned in the Description
as well.

Moreover in the code of some utilities is an advise to install tetex packages:

$ grep tetex /usr/bin/debiandoc2*       
/usr/bin/debiandoc2dvi:    echo >&2 "${script}: please install the package 'tetex-bin'"
/usr/bin/debiandoc2dvi:    echo >&2 "${script}: please install the package 'tetex-extra'"
/usr/bin/debiandoc2latexdvi:    echo >&2 "${script}: please install the package 'tetex-bin'"
/usr/bin/debiandoc2latexdvi:    echo >&2 "${script}: please install the package 'tetex-extra'"
/usr/bin/debiandoc2latexpdf:    echo >&2 "${script}: please install the package 'tetex-bin'"
/usr/bin/debiandoc2latexpdf:    echo >&2 "${script}: please install the package 'tetex-extra'"
/usr/bin/debiandoc2latexps:    echo >&2 "${script}: please install the package 'tetex-bin'"
/usr/bin/debiandoc2latexps:    echo >&2 "${script}: please install the package 'tetex-extra'"
/usr/bin/debiandoc2pdf:    echo >&2 "${script}: please install the package 'tetex-bin'"
/usr/bin/debiandoc2pdf:    echo >&2 "${script}: please install the package 'tetex-extra'"
/usr/bin/debiandoc2ps:    echo >&2 "${script}: please install the package 'tetex-bin'"
/usr/bin/debiandoc2ps:    echo >&2 "${script}: please install the package 'tetex-extra'"

This should be changed to the apropriate texlive packages.

Alternatively - and this solution would be even more apreciated - the texlive
packages should not be only Recomended but added to the Depends of the package.
The rationale behind this is that it would be much more easy to add Build-Depends
for packages that are using debiandoc.  For instance this would have been
prevented bug #445777 and would have saved me from expelicitely mentioning four
additional Build-Depends.  Moreover, in case some further texlive package
would be used by debiandoc every other package that is using debiandoc would
need touching to fix the build depends instead of just making debiandoc
dependant from the stuf that is needed.

Kind regards

          Andreas.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (501, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable'), (5, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=de_DE at euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE at euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages debiandoc-sgml depends on:
ii  libhtml-parser-perl       3.56-1         A collection of modules that parse
ii  libroman-perl             1.20-1         Perl module for converting between
ii  libsgmls-perl             1.03ii-31      Perl modules for processing SGML p
ii  libtext-format-perl       0.52-21        Perl module for formatting (text) 
ii  liburi-perl               1.35.dfsg.1-1  Manipulates and accesses URI strin
ii  perl                      5.8.8-7        Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  perl-modules [libi18n-lan 5.8.8-7        Core Perl modules
ii  sgml-base                 1.26           SGML infrastructure and SGML catal
ii  sgml-data                 2.0.3          common SGML and XML data
ii  sgmlspl                   1.03ii-31      SGMLS-based example Perl script fo
ii  sp                        1.3.4-1.2.1-47 James Clark's SGML parsing tools

Versions of packages debiandoc-sgml recommends:
ii  gs                       8.56.dfsg.1-1.1 Transitional package
ii  gs-esp [gs]              8.15.3.dfsg.1-1 The Ghostscript PostScript interpr
ii  gs-gpl [gs]              8.56.dfsg.1-1.1 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript int
ii  libpaper1 [libpaperg]    1.1.22          library for handling paper charact
ii  texinfo                  4.8.dfsg.1-6    Documentation system for on-line i
ii  texlive-fonts-recommende 2007-12         TeX Live: Recommended fonts
ii  texlive-latex-extra      2007-3          TeX Live: LaTeX supplementary pack
ii  texlive-latex-recommende 2007-12         TeX Live: LaTeX recommended packag

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