Package: xfonts-scalable Version: 1:1.0.0-5 Severity: serious Rationale: policy violation paragraph 11.8.5 (13), renders gsfonts-x11 unusable Tags: patch
1:1.0.0-4 contained fonts.dir as a file in the package. This file is
removed in 1:1.0.0-5, which results in removal of fonts.dir. But
after all this the postinst (and also postrm) should run
update-fonts-scale, update-fonts-alias and update-fonts-dir, but it
only runs update-fonts-scale and update-fonts-alias.
This is defined in policy 11.8.5:
11. Font packages that provide one or more `fonts.scale' files as
described above must invoke `update-fonts-scale' on each
directory into which they installed fonts _before_ invoking
`update-fonts-dir' on that directory. This invocation must occur
in both the `postinst' (for all arguments) and `postrm' (for all
arguments except `upgrade') scripts.
12. Font packages that provide one or more `fonts.alias' files as
described above must invoke `update-fonts-alias' on each
directory into which they installed fonts. This invocation must
occur in both the `postinst' (for all arguments) and `postrm'
(for all arguments except `upgrade') scripts.
13. Font packages must invoke `update-fonts-dir' on each directory
into which they installed fonts. This invocation must occur in
both the `postinst' (for all arguments) and `postrm' (for all
arguments except `upgrade') scripts.
(see especially paragraph 13.).
If fonts.dir is missing, this results in the X server ignoring this
directory:
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1".
Entry deleted from font path.
(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1").
As a workaround
update-fonts-dir Type1
And manually adding /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1 to the font path (or
restarting the X server) should help.
I tagged this bug severity "serious" because the behavior of this
package violates the above mentioned policy and implies that other
packages with Type1 fonts (like gsfonts-x11) are unusable, which as a
result leads to programs like xfig being unusable because they need
the unusable fonts.
I attached a small patch, which solves this problem. Please let me
know, if you want me to NMU the modified package.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-amd64
Locale: LANG=de_DE, LC_CTYPE=de_DE (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages xfonts-scalable depends on:
ii xfonts-utils 1:1.0.1-1 X Window System font utility progr
xfonts-scalable recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
Tschoeeee
Roland
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diff -u xfonts-scalable-1.0.0/debian/changelog
xfonts-scalable-1.0.0/debian/changelog
--- xfonts-scalable-1.0.0/debian/changelog
+++ xfonts-scalable-1.0.0/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+xfonts-scalable (1:1.0.0-5.1) unstable; urgency=high
+
+ * Non maintainer upload.
+ * Run update-fonts-dir in postinst and postrm, otherwise the fonts are
+ not usable.
+
+ -- Roland Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 18 Nov 2006 18:00:28 +0100
+
xfonts-scalable (1:1.0.0-5) unstable; urgency=medium
[ Eugene Konev ]
diff -u xfonts-scalable-1.0.0/debian/xfonts-scalable.postinst.in
xfonts-scalable-1.0.0/debian/xfonts-scalable.postinst.in
--- xfonts-scalable-1.0.0/debian/xfonts-scalable.postinst.in
+++ xfonts-scalable-1.0.0/debian/xfonts-scalable.postinst.in
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
remove_conffile_commit /etc/X11/fonts/X11R7/Type1/xfonts-scalable.scale
FONTDIRS="Type1"
-UPDATECMDS="update-fonts-scale update-fonts-alias"
+UPDATECMDS="update-fonts-scale update-fonts-alias update-fonts-dir"
if which defoma-app >/dev/null 2>&1 && \
[ -e /usr/share/defoma/scripts/fontconfig.defoma ]; then
diff -u xfonts-scalable-1.0.0/debian/xfonts-scalable.postrm.in
xfonts-scalable-1.0.0/debian/xfonts-scalable.postrm.in
--- xfonts-scalable-1.0.0/debian/xfonts-scalable.postrm.in
+++ xfonts-scalable-1.0.0/debian/xfonts-scalable.postrm.in
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
if [ "$1" = "purge" ] || [ "$1" = "remove" ] || [ "$1" = "disappear" ]; then
FONTDIRS="Type1"
- UPDATECMDS="update-fonts-scale update-fonts-alias"
+ UPDATECMDS="update-fonts-scale update-fonts-alias update-fonts-dir"
if which defoma-app >/dev/null 2>&1 && \
[ -e /usr/share/defoma/scripts/fontconfig.defoma ]; then
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