On 2021-01-04, Marco d'Itri wrote: > The recent NMU of a2ps converted the package to dh, and this enabled > dh_installmime which was present in debian/rules but commented. > > The installed file adds to mailcap an entry for "text/plain", which > breaks mutt and probably other software in fun ways. Hrm. I noticed it was newly added compared to the old version, but figured it was a good thing as an earlier version *attempted* to add it, apparently unsuccessfully... > Solution: override dh_installmime to stop installing the file until > somebody will figure out a better plan. Indeed, that sounds like a simple fix, since it has not shipped the file for quite some time. > It may be worth considering removing a2ps from the archive since its > last upstream release and non-NMU uploads were from 2008 and I am being > told that it does not support UTF-8. > paps has been mentioned as a replacement. Removal sounds like a reasonable fix as well, although there are a handful of reverse dependencies of various forms: $ apt rdepends a2ps a2ps Reverse Depends: Depends: apsfilter Recommends: magicfilter Suggests: jed-extra Depends: ifhp Suggests: gabedit Recommends: foomatic-filters Recommends: magicfilter Suggests: jed-extra Depends: ifhp Recommends: gpr Suggests: gabedit Recommends: foomatic-filters live well, vagrant
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