XPost: linux.debian.devel   
   From: umlaeute@debian.org   
      
   Am 20. Februar 2026 17:08:12 MEZ schrieb Jack Patteeuw :   
   >Package: general   
   >Severity: normal   
   >X-Debbugs-Cc: jack.patteeuw@gmail.com   
   >   
   >Dear Maintainer,   
   >   
   >   
   >Executing the following command cause the GUI/desktop to not start after a   
   reboot   
   >   
   >sudo apt remove fonts-noto*   
      
   then this might be a problem of your specific login manager, which I think you   
   forgot to mention.    
   this bug report should be re-assigned to this specific package.   
      
      
   >   
   >   
   >Please note that   
   >   
   >apt show fonts-noto   
   >   
   >Says that this package is "Optional"   
   >   
      
   yes, this is correct.    
      
   since there are many ways to use Debian without fonts-noto (or even without a   
   gui, let alone a desktop environment; think servers, containers, ...), it is   
   indeed not a "required" package on the system level.    
      
   the Debian way to handle this is through inter-package dependencies: if a   
   specific package (eg a login manager) requires fonts-noto to work, then it   
   should express this via a Depends relation.    
      
   note that "apt show" won't reveal such a reverse dependency.   
      
      
   mfh.her.fsr   
   IOhannes   
      
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