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xview*: explicitly require font-sun-misc for correct operation

Without the expected fonts, fundamental graphical content like icons
goes missing, and the X server may fail to start, at that.

XXX I tested on NetBSD 9.2_STABLE amd64 and i386. On amd64, this
crashes the X server for me, while it works fine on i386. The package
was already marked not for Alpha, so that may be a clue that it's not
64-bit clean in general, though some of the original commentary about
Alpha sounded quite specific.

What Is XView
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XView (X Window-System-based Visual/Integrated Environment for
Workstations) is a user-interface toolkit to support interactive,
graphics-based applications running under the X Window System.  XView
provides a set of pre-built, user-interface objects such as canvases,
scrollbars, menus, and control panels.  The appearance and functionality
of these objects follow the OPEN LOOK Graphical User Interface (GUI)
specification.  XView features an object-oriented style Application
Programmer's Interface (API) that is straightforward and easy to learn.

This package does not contain anything by itself -- it is a "meta-package"
that depends on other XView packages.  Its sole purpose is to require
dependencies so users can install this package only and have all the XView
stuff pulled in by the package dependency mechanism.

Note that fonts from fonts/font-sun-misc must be in your X server's font
path in order for any XView clients to be usable.