[ubuntu-uk] is this a bug

[Norman Silverstone]

> > I note that the package wacom-tools is not listed in Ubuntu 10.04 RC.
> > Without this package I presume that it will not be possible to use Wacom
> > tablets to their full potential. Should this be reported as a bug?
> >
> 
> alan at wopr:~$ sudo apt-get install wacom-tools
> [sudo] password for alan:
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Package wacom-tools is not available, but is referred to by another package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
> However the following packages replace it:
>   xserver-xorg-input-wacom
> E: Package wacom-tools has no installation candidate
> 
> 
> alan at wopr:~$ sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-wacom
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> xserver-xorg-input-wacom is already the newest version.
> xserver-xorg-input-wacom set to manually installed.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> alan at wopr:~$
> 
> alan at wopr:~$ dpkg -L xserver-xorg-input-wacom
> /.
> /usr
> /usr/share
> /usr/share/doc
> /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-input-wacom
> /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-input-wacom/copyright
> /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-input-wacom/changelog.Debian.gz
> /usr/share/man
> /usr/share/man/man4
> /usr/share/man/man4/wacom.4.gz
> /usr/lib
> /usr/lib/xorg
> /usr/lib/xorg/modules
> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input
> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/wacom_drv.so
> /usr/lib/pkgconfig
> /usr/lib/pkgconfig/xorg-wacom.pc
> /usr/lib/X11
> /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d
> /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-wacom.conf
> /usr/include
> /usr/include/xorg
> /usr/include/xorg/Xwacom.h
> /usr/include/xorg/wacom-properties.h
> /usr/bin
> /usr/bin/xsetwacom
> /lib
> /lib/udev
> /lib/udev/rules.d
> /lib/udev/rules.d/69-xserver-xorg-input-wacom.rules
> 
> 
> Looks good!
> 
Thank you for that, Al, not that I really understand what it all means.
Would I, therefore, be correct in assuming that if the Wacom tablet does
not perform as would be expected then that is a bug?

Norman