[Bug 900726] Re: grub depends on libfreetype6

[Steve Langasek]

It's used by /usr/bin/grub-mkfont, which is needed in order to have
custom fonts on the boot menu.  This is not a common use case, but it's
one that we want to support, including on servers, especially for the
benefit of users whose language isn't supported by the default font.
And I don't think that splitting the grub-common package just to get rid
of the libfreetype6 library dependency makes sense - it's just a font
library, it's not like it pulls in X.  So the cost of splitting it
outweighs the benefit IMHO and I think it should be left as-is.

** Package changed: grub (Ubuntu) => grub2 (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to grub2 in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/900726

Title:
  grub depends on libfreetype6

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  grub depends on grub-common which depends on libfreetype6 from Ubuntu
  10.04 to 12.04.  I suspect this dependency is not needed and is best
  left uninstalled in server environments.

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/900726/+subscriptions