[Bug 1993008] Re: ftbfs: E: fontconfig: alien-tag fc-cache-used-in-maintainer-script

[Michael Hudson-Doyle]

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.

** Changed in: fontconfig (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  ftbfs: E: fontconfig: alien-tag fc-cache-used-in-maintainer-script

Status in fontconfig package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  When trying to build from source using

  debuild -us -uc -b

  the result errors out with

  Now running lintian fontconfig_2.13.1-4.4ubuntu1_amd64.changes ...
  E: fontconfig: alien-tag fc-cache-used-in-maintainer-script [usr/share/lintian/overrides/fontconfig:1]
  W: libfontconfig-doc: bad-whatis-entry [usr/share/man/man3/FcPatternIterNext.3.gz]

  from:
  https://www.mit.edu/afs.new/sipb/project/debathena/lintian/www/tags/fc-cache-used-in-maintainer-script.html

  "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://ubuntu.hysing.is/ubuntu kinetic/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  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
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  Date: Fri Oct 14 21:07:42 2022
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: fontconfig
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to kinetic on 2022-10-14 (0 days ago)

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