Bug#579621: xboard assumes fairymax is installed

[Douglas Calvert]

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.

user at 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

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