Hello, same here, on x86: fontconfig-2.3.2-7 was installed (I may have skipped a Debian point release still within 2.3.2!), got the following:
# dpkg --configure -a Setting up ttf-opensymbol (2.0.4-2) ... Updating fontconfig cache... "/usr/share/fonts": error scanning "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts": error scanning "/usr/local/share/fonts": error scanning "/var/lib/defoma/fontconfig.d": error scanning dpkg: error processing ttf-opensymbol (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 4 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openoffice.org-core: openoffice.org-core depends on ttf-opensymbol; however: Package ttf-opensymbol is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing openoffice.org-core (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured ... [many other OOo chain reactions] ... Errors were encountered while processing: ttf-opensymbol openoffice.org-core openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-gtk openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-filter-so52 openoffice.org-kde openoffice.org-writer python-uno openoffice.org openoffice.org-help-en-us openoffice.org-gnome openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-us openoffice.org-gtk-gnome openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-base openoffice.org-math openoffice.org-hyphenation-de openoffice.org-help-de Then during upgrade of fontconfig ttf-freefont fttools to resolve this I got: Preparing to replace fontconfig 2.3.2-7 (using .../fontconfig_2.4.1-2_i386.deb) ... Cleaning up font configuration of fontconfig... Cleaning up category cid.. Cleaning up category truetype.. Cleaning up category type1.. "/var/lib/defoma/fontconfig.d": error scanning "/var/lib/defoma/fontconfig.d": error scanning Unpacking replacement fontconfig ... Preparing to replace fttools 1.2-15 (using .../fttools_1.2-16_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement fttools ... Preparing to replace ttf-freefont 20060501cvs-8 (using .../ttf-freefont_20060501cvs-9_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement ttf-freefont ... Setting up ttf-opensymbol (2.0.4-2) ... Updating fontconfig cache... Setting up fontconfig (2.4.1-2) ... Updating font configuration of fontconfig... Cleaning up category cid.. Cleaning up category truetype.. Cleaning up category type1.. Updating category type1.. Updating category truetype.. Updating category cid.. Cleaning up old fontconfig caches... done. Regenerating fonts cache... done. Setting up openoffice.org-core (2.0.4-2) ... [all other OOo packages finally updated successfully] --verbose or strace as asked for in http://groups.google.de/group/linux.debian.bugs.dist/browse_frm/thread/79c819cbf1826c54/cabfe5ad7a41a2a3?lnk=st&q=%22error+scanning%22+debian+fontconfig&rnum=6#cabfe5ad7a41a2a3 didn't show anything unusual (access issues, ...). strace log still available on request. Thanks, Andreas Mohr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]