severity 412159 serious
thanks

On 2007-02-26 01:55:38 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 12:19:07PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > OK, but that was the cause. Now, files under /etc are configuration files.
> > In my case, /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf was not present before
> > the upgrade (I had enabled bitmaps via dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config
> > a few weeks ago). And after the upgrade, this file
> > /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf reappeared, thus changing my
> > local configuration.
> 
> Yes, and if you delete all symlinks for a given init script under
> /etc/rc*.d and then upgrade the package, they'll be readded, changing your
> local configuration.

No, no, no, I didn't do that. As I said, the local configuration was
changed with "dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config", i.e. the "normal"
way. And after the upgrade, this change was reverted.

> If you want to keep bitmaps enabled, you can:
> 
> - manually create the /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-yes-bitmaps.conf link and delete
>   the 70-no-bitmaps.conf link, or
> - use dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config to select one, or
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is exactly what I did (I changed the default "no" into "yes" in
the "enable bitmap" question). FYI, the reference message is here:

  http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/02/msg00114.html

> - edit /etc/fonts/conf.avail/70-no-bitmaps.conf to your taste.

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