[Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#439615: Debian/Testing, dangling links caused browser closing problems....

[Whit Hansell <skipper44@comcast.net>]

Davide Viti wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, Aug 25, 2007 at 08:26:30PM -0400, Whit Hansell wrote:
>   
> > Package: ttf-dejavu
> > State: installed
> > Automatically installed: no
> > Version: 2.19-1
> > Priority: optional
> > Section: x11
> >
> > The Upgrading commands I use are: aptitude update -> aptitude 
> > dist-upgrade -> aptitude autoclean -> updatedb.
> >
> >     
> <snip></snip>
>   
> > ( I pretty much use aptitude for installs and such.  On occasion if I'm 
> > in a hurry I'll purge using synaptic and may d a reinstall right away to 
> > check to see if that would clear up a problem.  Sometimes it does.)
> >
> > It was also recommended that I send you this output from
> >
> >
> > brightsun:/# grep ttf-dejavu /var/log/dpkg.log
> > 2007-08-23 00:08:17 upgrade ttf-dejavu 2.17-1 2.19-1
> > 2007-08-23 00:08:17 status half-configured ttf-dejavu 2.17-1
> > 2007-08-23 00:08:17 status unpacked ttf-dejavu 2.17-1
> > 2007-08-23 00:08:17 status half-installed ttf-dejavu 2.17-1
> > 2007-08-23 00:08:18 status half-installed ttf-dejavu 2.17-1
> > 2007-08-23 00:08:18 status unpacked ttf-dejavu 2.19-1
> > 2007-08-23 00:08:18 status unpacked ttf-dejavu 2.19-1
> > 2007-08-23 00:08:37 status unpacked ttf-dejavu 2.19-1
> > 2007-08-23 00:08:37 status unpacked ttf-dejavu 2.19-1
> > 2007-08-23 00:08:37 status half-configured ttf-dejavu 2.19-1
> > 2007-08-23 00:08:37 status installed ttf-dejavu 2.19-1
> >
> >     
>
> I normally use apt-get or dpkg when I want to test a new version of the package,
> and the output of the above command is attached to this message.
>
> regards,
> Davide
>   
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Hi Davide,
Thanks for the reply.  I use aptitude because I think since Sarge it has 
been recommended to use it as opposed to apt-get for normal upgrades.  I 
have read that it should be used as it gives better dependency 
control.   But I'm just a user going by what I read.

And I use "dist-upgrade" as I believe it is more inclusive of full 
upgrade process.  Anyway it's been recommended that it be used rather 
than the "upgrade" command in order to try to keep current.

I do believe Synaptic does use apt-get, as it's package manager.

Anyway, your output was interesting but is there anything you want me to 
do or check for you?

I don't know why I ended up with these two fonts hanging out there by 
themselves.  But they were giving me problems just after one of the 
upgrades I did last week.  I also don't know if it's a global problem 
for everyone or if, for some reason, it only affected me.  Let me know 
if there is something I can do to help you out.

Thanks.
Whit